Romania may revoke citizenship of politician advocating Odesa region annexation

On January 16, Victoria Furtuna, leader of the “Greater Moldova” party and a dual citizen of Moldova and Romania, is scheduled for hearings at the National Citizenship Authority headquarters in Bucharest, in connection with her statements advocating for the southern part of the Odesa region to be returned to Moldova.

Furtuna announced the development on her Facebook page, stating that the citizenship revocation process was initiated at the request of the Romanian intelligence service, SRI, Caliber.Az reports.

She noted that she has not received an official summons. “Learning about this from the media is no coincidence: it creates the impression that I failed to appear at the hearings. Even if I wanted to attend, it is impossible because I am banned from entering the EU due to political sanctions,” she said.

Furtuna called the grounds for revocation “absurd,” which reportedly include suspicions of involvement in terrorist acts and plotting an attack in Romania.

“I obtained Romanian citizenship legally after the birth of my first daughter in 2006, based on my marriage to my husband, a Moldovan citizen with Romanian citizenship, fully complying with Law No. 21/1991 on Romanian citizenship. The act granting citizenship is final, indisputable, and irrevocable,” she emphasised.

In July 2025, Furtuna and several other Moldovan politicians were added to the EU sanctions list. She also drew attention with statements expressing a desire to return Budjak—the historical region in southern, present-day Odesa region—to Moldova.

By Jeyhun Aghazada