Investigation A NGO based in Moscow and sanctioned by the EU has bought advertising on several big sites in Romania / E controlled by Ilan Șor

The Russian NGO ANO “Eurasia”, a non-governmental association with headquarters in Moscow and which the press over Prut writes that it is sponsored by the Moldovan ilan Șor oligarch, bought advertising space in the central press in Romania, revealed the SNOOOOop investigation site. The two articles bought by NGOs in Russia promote “humanitarian support for farmers in Moldova and Gagauzia” and “supporting cultural dialogue and traditional values ​​of young people in Moldova”.

• The advertising materials were published on the sites Pro TV and Freedom. Freedom removed the advertorial from the site on Thursday morning.
• In December 2024, Ilan Șor was definitively sentenced to 15 years in prison in the Republic of Moldova, but fled to Moscow before the final sentence
• So far, similar materials had appeared only on local sites in Romania in March, but not marked as advertising, or on a TV channel suspended in the Republic of Moldova.

On May 23, 2025, on two of the most read sites in Romania, Pro TV and Freedom news, two news appeared, both marked according to the advertising mention.

Both are supported by an NGO called Eurasia (no in Russian, Evrazia).

In the material on the site Pro TV News, there is talk of “the territory of Eurasia childhood: supporting cultural dialogue and traditional values ​​of young people from Moldova”.

The article “ANO” Eurasia “: Help for farmers in Moldova and Gagauzia”, ​​was published the same day on the Freedom website. It was removed on the morning of May 29, after the information was posted on the Barikada website and on Facebook by journalist Răzvan Gheorghe.

The material described ANO “Eurasia” as “an active non-profit organization that works to solve the socio-economic problems in the regions of Eurasia”.

“A remarkable example of ANO” Eurasia “activities is the project to support farmers in Moldova”, “Humanitarian support: 12 thousand tons of cereals and humanitarian products have been sent to Gagauzia” are some of the information published in the advertorial.

“Due to ANO” Eurasia “, this project has allowed many farmers from Moldova to rebuild their farms, improve their economic situation and quality of life and contributed to the development of local economy and social justice in the region,” they can find out the readers, at the end of the material published on Freedom.

The NGO also prides itself that “urges athletes to participate in international competitions, such as” friendship “, competition designed by Russia in response to suspension from international competitions, such as Olympic Games.

Who is Ano Eurasia?

The non -commercial organization “Eurasia” was registered in Moscow on April 4, 2024, on behalf of the former treasurer of the “Șor” Political Party, Nelli Parutenco.

Officially, its existence was announced on April 24 last year, at a press conference at RIA Novosti headquarters, a Russian state news agency placed on the EU sanctions list in May 2024 to spread the Kremlin propaganda.

In the first three months since the launch, the organization frequently spoke in its public communications about the Republic of Moldova, and several politicians affiliated with Ilan Șor referred to this organization in their activity, according to the Garde newspaper (ZdG).

The publication over Prut, with the help of experts, found that the organization promotes several forgeries and propagandistic narratives of Russia, through its social media programs and networks.

On the surface, the declared goals of the organization “Eurasia” are “the strengthening of the mutually advantageous integration processes in the post -Soviet space, preserving the national identity of the peoples”, “increasing the number of horizontal links between the CIS countries (no the former countries of the USSR) in culture, sports, education and education”, in the first cultural ”

Eurasia camps have appeared in ZDG and Free Europe investigations

Also in 2024, journalist Natalia Zaharescu from the Guard Ziarul in Moldova wrote about how “dozens of children in Moldova came to spend their holidays in the” re-education “camp of Ukrainian children, within a program funded by Ilan Șor”.

According to the quoted source, their parents were approached by an organization led by the Klimenko Valerii, former honorary president of the “Șor” party, with the involvement of a teacher from a high school in Chisinau.

On May 26 and 28, Natalia Zaharescu and her colleague, Măriuța Nistor, won several prizes in Romania (Superscrieri Gala) and Italy for investigations related to how Ilan Șor buy pro-Russia votes.

Last, European Press Prize, the most prestigious prize of investigative journalism on the continent. This happened at three, respectively five days after the appearance of advertising materials in Romania.

The camp also wrote about Free Europe, after a reporter entered a messaging group of the organizers. The source calls the NGO “Șor's organization”.

The head of the site, deputy in Russia, on international sanctions lists

The site “Eurasia” states that the purpose of the organization is to “strengthen the processes of mutually advantageous integration in the post-Soviet space, while maintaining the national identity of the peoples”. The site was created on May 7, 2024, notes the Moldovan press.

Previously, the journalists of the Nokta portal wrote that in April 2024 this organization was involved in a scandal related to MIR cards, which had to transfer money to pensioners from Gagauzia as help. The consent of humanitarian cooperation with the Russian Bank PromsvyazBank was signed by the Gagauziei, Evghenia Guțul.

Then the journalists learned that Eurasia was the sponsor of these payments. At that time, the organization was created only 5 days before the agreement was signed, and its founder was Neli Parutenco.

He was the chief accountant in Orhei during the mandate of Ilan Șor and a treasurer of the “Șor” party before he was declared unconstitutional in the Republic of Moldova. She was also a treasurer of the party in the local elections of 2019 and in the 2021 parliamentary elections in the neighboring country.

Atlfel, in the registration documents of the organization, Nelli Parutenco is mentioned as the only founder and employee of “Eurasia”. In reality, within it, several people, for example, activates Aliona Arșinova, named president of the Board of Directors of the Organization, a deputy of the Russian State Duma, who voted for the annexation of the Donetk, Luhansk, Zaporojie and Herson regions by the Russian Federation.

Arșinova is on multiple lists of international sanctions.

NGO sanctioned by the EU

In October 2024, the EU Foreign Affairs Council adopted restrictive measures against five persons and an entity responsible for the actions to destabilize the situation in the Republic of Moldova.

On the list of sanctions were included the Gagauz Bașcana, Evghenia Guțul, a few people from her entourage, as well as the “Eurasia” and Nelli Parutenco organization.

Eurasia was sanctioned, according to Free Europe, for “its propaganda activity, but also for the role played in the sewerage from Șor and a Russian bank of money destined to people from Gagauzian autonomy.”

Guțul, Arșinova and camps, in the advertising article on Pro TV News

The aforementioned camps are the subject of the advertising article on the site Pro TV News. Aliona ARșinova is also cited here.

“In addition, the territory of” Euroasia “childhood organized a New Year's party in Moscow for families with many children from Russia and post -Soviet countries. Alena Arshinova, founder of the NGO “Eurasia”, stressed the importance of supporting traditional values, “the article shows.

Evghenia (Eugenia) Guțul is also cited.

“The creation of such a space is not only an infrastructure development, but an investment in the health and future of the people” -the Gagauzian Bașcana, Evghenia Guțul, about the renovation of a space in the village of Baurci, Gagauzia, Moldova

The commemorative plaque with the Russian Marshal from the massacre with thousands of Romanians victims

In the same news in the Pro TV News, there is talk of the placement of a commemorative plate with the Soviet Marshal Rodion Malinovski.

“This event highlights the significant role of Malinovsky in the release of Moldovan RSS during the Iasi-Chisinau operation. The authors of the project are convinced that such initiatives help to keep the heroes memory and strengthen the respect for the historical heritage among the youth,” the advertising material shows.

But Ruslan Malinovski is appointed among the responsibles, in several sources, for the massacre from Oarba de Mureș.

RFI calls the battle “a massacre committed at the Russian Order”. Malinovski would have refused the request of the Romanian general Edgar Rădulescu to cancel the attack order, because the Romanians did not have the right armament to attack the German army.

Depending on the source, there were between 6,700 and 11,000 victims among Romanian soldiers.

Hotnews also published, in 2022, an article entitled “The battle in which a Russian general sent 11,000 Romanian soldiers to death”. This is Sergei Trofimenco, the one who had given the attack order to which Malinovski did not give up.

Ilan Șor, fugitive to Moscow

The leader of the political block “Victory”, the oligarch Ilan Șor, distributed messages about the activities of “Eurasia” on his Telegram channel repeatedly. In one of these messages, the Politician Prous announced that he signed an agreement with “Eurasia” for an alleged $ 250 million investment, intended to “carry out infrastructure projects in Moldova”.

The organization is supported by the “Next Generation”, the youth movement of the “Renaissance” party in the Republic of Moldova and, respectively, of the political bloc “Victory”. Some of the members of the movement participated in at least one of the “Eurasiei” programs – “knows Russia” in Moscow.

In December 2024, Ilan Șor was definitively sentenced to 15 years in prison in the Republic of Moldova. Șor left the Republic of Moldova until the sentence was pronounced, and the extradition steps have remained unanswered so far. Currently, it is in Moscow. Ilan Șor was charged for 27 episodes of scam and money laundering.

“Like any advertising client, we have some contacts that (no customers) access according to needs. They are on our websites the contact name and every man who is interested in buying advertising in the ring uses the respective contacts,” said Ringier Romania representatives, who deal with the advertising on the Freedom website, contacted by SNOOOop.

Ringier representatives: “omission”

They say they had no information about the NGO and decided, together with the client, to remove the material from the site.

“In general, there is a method of verification. Now it was a omission,” they concluded.

Snoop has tried to contact the representatives of the advertising party on the Pro TV News website, but without success so far.

Read on snoop.ro what other publications have also published advertising materials of the NGO controlled by Ilan Șor.

Note: An article on the same theme was published on the Barikada website