Victor Petrov

Victor Petrov, the founder of the Public Association "Community Anticrisis Center," worked  as a Member of Parliament  in the People's Assembly of Gagauzia until 2023 and currently holds the position of vice president of the Executive Committee of Gagauzia, which is led by Evghenia Guțul, who has links to thethe oligarch Ilan Șor, who has been sentenced to prison for bank fraud and is currently a fugitive  in Moscow.

In February 2024, Petrov was placed on the sanctions lists of the European Union, France, Belgium, and Switzerland as a person affiliated with Ilan Șor.

Victor Petrov ran for the position of Bascan (Governor) of the Gagauz region in the April 2023 elections, receiving support from Vasile Bolea, who was then a deputy of the Socialist Party and is now a member of the Renaissance Party, also affiliated with Ilan Șor.

Petrov is the chairman of the Gagauz Halk Birlii socio-political movement, founded in July 2022. The movement's website states that it advocates "the development of good relations with the historical friends of the Gagauz people—Russia and other countries of the Eurasian Economic Union."

Additionally, Petrov is the head of the Public Association "e-Găgăuzia Academy of Innovations," established in 2020. According to the nash.md website, "The activities of the Academy are aimed at the innovative development of Gagauzia and the entire country, focusing on training and employing young specialists in modern fields, as well as supporting youth in the development of their own high-tech projects." However, no new posts have been published on the Academy's Facebook page since December 2021.

According to his declaration of wealth and personal interests, Victor Petrov's family owns several luxury cars and two houses. His wife, Anastasia, is a co-founder of two transport companies registered in the Republic of Moldova and one trading company registered in Germany.