Zurab Todua | |
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.png) Todua in 2015 | |
| Member of the Moldovan Parliament | |
| In office 24 December 2010 – 9 December 2014 | |
| Parliamentary group | Party of Communists |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 December 1963 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 (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]
