Zurab Todua

Todua in 2015

Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
24 December 2010 – 9 December 2014
Parliamentary group| Party of Communists
Personal details
Born|  (1963-12-25) 25 December 1963 (age 60)
Șoldănești, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party| Collective Action Party – Civic Congress
Other political
affiliations| Party of Communists
Parent| Djumberi Todua (father)
Alma mater| State University of Moldova
Occupation| Historian, politician, politologue, publicist, writer

Zurab Todua (‹See Tfd›Russian: Зураб Джумберович Тодуа; born 25 December 1963[1]) is a Moldovan historian, politician, politologue, publicist and writer, who served as deputy in the Parliament of Moldova between 2010 and 2014.

Since 1991 Todua has researched political, social-economical, inter-ethnic and religious problems in post-soviet space (CIS), being specialised on the conflict regions and zones, and on religious extremism. Todua is well known in Russian-language area, and often is presented as a 'Russian' politologue.[2][3][4]

Todua was born in Șoldănești, then part of the Moldavian SSR within the Soviet Union, to a Georgian father and a Moldovan mother.[5] His father, Djumberi Todua, as well is a communist politician who served as deputy in Moldovan Parliament in 2001–2005.[6]

In 1990s, Todua worked as special correspondent, then observer for Russian newspapers "Панорама" (Panorama), "Россия" (Rossiya), and "Новая газета" (Novaya gazeta).[7]

He wrote the following books: «Новая Чечено-Ингушетия» (1992), «Азербайджан сегодня» (1995), «Поединок на азиатском ковре» (1999), «Узбекистан между прошлым и будущим» (2000), «Азербайджанский пасьянс» (2001), «Экспансия исламистов на Кавказе и в Центральной Азии» (2006), «Молдавия и молдавские коммунисты. Политическая хроника переломной эпохи 1988 – 2008» (2009), «Провал «Альянса за Евро» (2010).[8]

In February 2017, journalist Oleg Brega spotted Todua in Bucharest at the Romanian anti-corruption protests.[9]

In 2019 he joined the Collective Action Party – Civic Congress, founded by Mark Tkaciuk and Iurie Muntean. He is a member of the executive committee of the party.[10]

## References

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1. ^ (in Russian)Тодуа Зураб Джумберович - писатель, историк, депутат Парламента Молдовы от партии коммунистов, родился 25 декабря 1963 года
2. ^ (in Russian)Москва разгневана арестами в Грузии
3. ^ (in Russian)Российский политолог Зураб Тодуа: «Досрочные выборы убьют Молдову»
4. ^ Zurab Todua: the Uzbek direction tested
5. ^ (in Russian)З. Тодуа. Провал "Альянса за Евро": Дневник политического кризиса в Республике Молдова. Сборник статей. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, ПАВЕЛ ИВАНОВ
6. ^ (in Russian)(ИНТЕРВЬЮ) Зураб Тодуа: «Вполне вероятно мы стоим на пороге очень серьезных и грозных событий» - TRIBUNA.MD Archived January 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
7. ^ (in Russian)АНОНС: Публичные лекции Зураба Тодуа на тему «Десятилетие конфликтов. Кавказ и Центральная Азия в 90-е годы» (ВИДЕО)
8. ^ (in Russian)О молдавских государственниках и унионистах на рубеже XX-XXI веков Archived 2016-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
9. ^ Unknown[permanent dead link]
10. ^ "Partidul Acțiunii Comune Congresul Civic: un „ghimpe" pentru socialiști?" [Joint Action Party Civic Congress: a "thorn" for socialists?] (in Romanian).

## External links

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* Zurab Todua profile on the Moldovan parliament's website
* (in Russian)Зураб Тодуа: «Всего за полгода от Партии коммунистов отвернулось 400 тысяч человек - две трети избирателей. Почему?» Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

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