Eugen Luchianiuc
Eugen Luchianiuc is a blogger, civic activist, and content creator from Moldova who has been living in Estonia for ten years. Since 2007, he has maintained a personal blog where he continues to publish regularly. Between 2007-2014, he was an active member of Moldova's blogging community, with his blog being one of the most popular ones. The blog gained popularity through his work with the privesc.eu portal and his meetings with various political and influential figures.
In certain circles, he is considered controversial. Both the quality of his disseminated information and his writing and speaking style have attracted public attention and raised questions about his integrity. By his own admission, he often tries to mock Moldova's political class and journalistic community for his amusement. In 2010, he filed a complaint with the Press Council, claiming that "Ziarul de Gardă" had unauthorized used a photograph from his blog and published it on their website without citing the source.
Eugen Luchianiuc's political views are volatile and difficult to pin down, as his expression of thoughts is full of sarcasm and ambiguity. His posts often operate with half-truths. He frequently publishes information leaks or unverifiable information about politicians and power figures, which are often picked up by news portals associated with political actors.
While Luchianiuc appears to be pro-European, he is critical of the political class in general, but especially criticizes the PAS party and its representatives: Maia Sandu, Andrei Spânu, Natalia Gavrilița, Oazu Nantoi, etc. He also criticizes former Prime Minister Vlad Filat. He maintains a more restrained, less evident criticism of Ilan Șor and Vlad Plahotniuc, and at times in the past seemed to sympathize with them. From certain Instagram posts and random sequences in his texts, one can deduce that he opposes the large-scale war launched by the Russian Federation in Ukraine, mentioning in one text that he has Ukrainian roots.
On Instagram, he posts about personal life and sports. In Moldova, he was involved in tourism promotion campaigns.
In 2022, he was invited to Vadim Cușnir's podcast, "Nota doi." He was also a guest on "Puterea a patra" with Gheorghe Gonța in 2024.
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| Platform | User Name | User Handle | Followers | Following | Likes | Views |
 | Eugen Luchianiuc | @eugenluchianiuc | 3,560 | 157 | ||
 | Eugen Luchianiuc | eugenluchianiuc | 2,174 | 657 | ||
 | Eugen Luchianiuc | luchianiuc | 10,000 | |||
| luchianiuc.com | luchianiucdotcom | 57,000 | 3 | ||
 | luchianiuc.com | luchianiuc_com | 12,715 | |||
 | Eugeniu Luchianiuc | @luchianiuc | 3,603 | 8 | 106,500 | |
 | Eugeniu Luchianiuc | @e.luchianiuc | 65 | 86,817 | ||
| luchianiuc_com | @luchianiuc_com | 609 | 1,540,355 | ||
| Data Publicly Available | ownership data is easily available from other sources, e. g. public registries etc. |
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| Language | Romanian |
| Founding Year | 2007 Eugen Luchianiuc launched his personal blog in 2007. At the same time, he created his Facebook and YouTube profiles. In 2008, he also opened his Twitter account (now X network). As his popularity grew, he began posting on other platforms: in 2010, he created a public Facebook page, in 2011 he started publishing on Instagram, in 2020 - on Telegram, and in 2022 - on TikTok. |
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| Topics Covered / Focus Areas | Most often, Eugen Luchianiuc posts content about politics, but also covers current affairs, social issues, and lifestyle topics. Frequently, the political content is speculative. Luchianiuc operates with rumors, half-truths, gossip, assumptions, leaks, and sometimes falsehoods. Content about social issues is more balanced, as Eugen has been a civic activist in Moldova and later in Estonia. On Instagram, he posts snippets of his personal life, about family, food, wines, and hobbies. |
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| Views / Values / Political Stances | The political views shared by Eugen Luchianiuc are volatile and difficult to determine, as his narrative style is imbued with sarcasm, ambiguity, and the use of half-truths. He appears to be pro-European. He expressed his position in favor of Moldova's European integration referendum. From certain Instagram posts and random segments in his texts, one can deduce that he opposes the full-scale war launched by the Russian Federation in Ukraine, mentioning in one text that he has Ukrainian roots. He is critical of the political class in general, but especially criticizes the PAS party and its representatives: Maia Sandu, Andrei Spânu, Natalia Gavrilița, Oazu Nantoi, etc. He is also critical of former Prime Minister Vlad Filat. He maintains a more restrained, less pronounced criticism towards Ilan Șor and Vlad Plahotniuc, with previous periods when he even seemed to sympathize with them. |
| Mode of Delivery | Videos on Facebook, TikTok, YouTube. Photos on Facebook, Instagram. Texts and shares with his comments on Telegram, Facebook. |
| Reputation | Eugen Luchianiuc is often labeled as "controversial." Both the quality of information he disseminates and the specific style of his texts and speeches have raised integrity concerns. In 2017, when contacted by Viorica Zaharia from the Association of Independent Press for a study on deontological issues related to new media in the online space, Eugen Luchianiuc mentioned that he would adopt and sign the honest use of provisions from the Deontological Code of the Journalist of the Republic of Moldova, but saw no purpose in doing so at the time, as conventional media outlets, even while declaring their adoption of these provisions, do not comply with them. |
| Target Audience | Nu există o audiență specifică pentru care Eugen Luchianiuc creează conținut. Totuși profilul urmăritorului său tipic ar fi vorbitor de limba română din Republica Moldova, interesat de politică și sensibil la conspirații, speculații și zvonuri. |
| Part of Network or Campaign | Information distributed by Eugen Luchianiuc on his blog or Telegram channel has been picked up by various press institutions over time. Recently, when Eugen began frequently writing about issues at Chișinău International Airport, the Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office initiated a criminal case regarding the tender for commercial space rental within the airport. Various press institutions wrote about this case, but media institutions controlled by fugitive oligarch Ilan Șor showed particular interest. Often, biased information presented by Luchianiuc is picked up by media institutions with an obscure, controversial, or even propagandistic image. In Moldova, Luchianiuc has been involved in organizing several campaigns promoting tourism in general and wine tourism in particular. In 2022, he was invited to Vadim Cusnir's podcast, Nota doi. He was invited to the show Puterea a patra with Gheorghe Gonța in 2024. |
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| Cross-Posting & Friends | Luchianiuc publishes information from various sources, combining credible, official sources with obscure, biased, or propagandistic ones. He often shares posts from several Telegram channels, including politicians, official sources, news channels, and propagandistic channels. Additionally, Luchianiuc publishes information and messages written by his followers. |
| Endorsements & Recognitions | Between 2007-2014, his blog was one of the most popular blogs in the Moldovan blogosphere. He won the "blog of the month" title several times. Even today, his blog remains popular, sometimes becoming a source of information for current news. |
| Business Model | Missing Data |
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