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Iulia Spatarenco (Cîlcic) is not a professional journalist and does not own any other companies. She has been reported in the media to have a close relationship with Irina Vlah, the former Bashkan of the autonomous region of Gagauzia. Vlah ran for the position of president of the Republic of Moldova, in the election of October 20, 2024, and obtained a result of 5.38%.

According to several journalistic investigations, Spatarenco served as Irina Vlah's treasurer during the 2019 electoral campaign for the Bashkan position. Additionally, Spatarenco's mother, Elena Spatarenco, is listed among Irina Vlah's donors for the 2019 election campaign. An investigation by the Nokta.md portal revealed that Irina Vlah is also the godmother of Yulia Spatarenco's marriage.

Monitoring conducted by non-governmental organizations indicated that the gagauzinzinfo.md portal favoured Irina Vlah during her time as Bashkan. Currently, the website publishes numerous news items related to Irina Vlah's political statements, often including accusations against the current government, without providing an opportunity for rebuttal.

Moreover, gagauzinzinfo.md is among the websites that spread false and manipulative information. According to various press investigations, it is allegedly controlled by Irina Vlah, who oversees several media resources.

Iulia Spatarenco's husband, Vladimir Cîlcic, served as the director of GRT, the public broadcaster in the Gagauz region, from 2016 until his dismissal in 2018. He was also the administrator of a local TV and radio station in Gagauzia (Radio Albena and STV television), which were allegedly controlled by Irina Vlah.

Iulia Spatarenco is listed as the founder, owner, and administrator of the company Iusivmedia SRL, which held the broadcasting license for a radio station, Radio Sud. The station was launched in December 2020 but is now surrendering its broadcasting license. In August 2022, the Broadcasting Council approved Iusivmedia SRL's request to withdraw the license for Radio Sud.

Some of these media outlets reportedly received funding from Gagauzia's budget for live broadcasting services and subsidies from the Entrepreneurs Support Fund. According to a journalistic investigation by the Nokta portal, journalists employed by the Gagauz executive were allegedly working at these media outlets.

Iusivmedia SRL also managed the website vfokuse.md, which is no longer updated with news.

Vladimir Cîlcic is Iulia Spatarenco's husband. He served as director of GRT, the public television station in the Gagauz region, having been appointed to this position in 2016 through the influence of Irina Vlah, who was the Governor (Bashkan) of the region at that time, according to local Gagauz media.

In 2018, he was temporarily removed from this position, reinstated in 2019, and subsequently resigned in 2020.

He also managed Radio Albena and STV television, which, like Gagauzinfo.md, were reportedly controlled by Irina Vlah.

Between 2011 and 2016, Cîlcic worked as a sales manager at Moldtelecom, a state-owned fixed-line, mobile, and internet operator.