If the names of Irina Vlah, Iuri Vitneanski, and Ruslan Garbalî are more known in Moldova, about the other three individuals targeted by the European Union sanctions, Alina Juc, Anton Usov, and Anton Tregub, citizens have heard less.
Alina Juc is originally from Rîbnița. The woman was targeted in a BBC investigation, regarding Șor’s network that influences elections in Moldova. The material appeared in September 2025, on the eve of the parliamentary elections.
According to press reports, Juc would have been responsible for recruiting and training people to distribute fakes on social networks. The promised salary was about 3000 lei, the money to be transferred through the Russian bank PSB. Juc was filmed asking for money from Moscow, and journalists found her photos on the website of the Eurasia organization, associated with Ilan Șor. Alina Juc was subsequently detained, according to NordNews.
There is practically no information about Anto Tregub in the public domain. His name appeared in an investigation published by deschide.md, in September 2025. The published information confirms that he coordinated the political activity of Victoria Furtună and her party. According to the press, he was also previously responsible for Marina Tauber’s election campaign.
In the public sphere of Russia, a person named Anton Tregub, sharing the same birthday as the individual sanctioned by the EU for destabilizing Moldova, is indicated as the founder of various companies and firms. A good portion of them are based in the Krasnodar region, where Tregub originates from.
Anton Usov is one of the few figures in the investigations into Șor’s interference in the Moldovan elections, whose social media page is still available. According to the EU Council, the individual was sanctioned for allegedly infiltrating among Moldovan priests and instructing them on how to influence the voting choice of the parishioners.
On social networks, Usov presents himself as an activist of an association that supports Vladimir Putin. He indicated that he lives in the Russian city of Murom and has several photos and videos in which he appears alongside representatives of the church.
In the Republic of Moldova, Usov’s name became known after he recorded a video message intended for the clergy of our country, in a closed group on social networks, urging citizens how to vote. Shortly after the sequence was broadcast to the clergy, the video also reached the press.
On June 15, the EU member states announced sanctions for six individuals, accused of destabilizing Moldova – the former governor of Gagauzia, Irina Vlah, Iuri Vitneanski – former socialist adviser in the capital, then associated with Ilan Șor’s parties, Ruslan Garbalî – ex-candidate for the position of governor of Gagauzia, Anton Usov, Anto Tregub, and Alina Juc.
Irina Vlah has described the decision as a political one and accused the government of having “contributed” to her sanctioning by the European Union.
