Zurab Todua
Todua in 2015
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office
24 December 2010 – 9 December 2014
Parliamentary groupParty of Communists
Personal details
Born (1963-12-25) 25 December 1963
Șoldănești, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyCollective Action Party – Civic Congress
Other political
affiliations		Party of Communists
ParentDjumberi Todua (father)
Alma materState University of Moldova
OccupationHistorian, politician, politologue, publicist, writer

Zurab Todua (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

  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., 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
  9. ↑ https://youtube.com/ArrbO9UiNoM
  10. ↑ https://moldova.europalibera.org/a/partidul-ac%C8%9Biunii-comune-congresul-civic-un-ghimpe-pentru-sociali%C8%99ti-/30314170.html
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