Nokta is an independent news website in Gagauzia, an autonomous region in Moldova for the Gagauz people.
[1] Headquartered in Comrat,[2] the news website is in Russian;[3] a large proportion of Gagauz do not speak Romanian, Moldova's national language.
Nokta journalist Veaceslav Crăciun stated that the website would distinguish itself from other media outlets in Gagauzia because the team would be publicly presented and its authors would sign the articles.
[5] On a 5–11 May 2020 nationwide (except Transnistria) poll by CBS Research, which interviewed 1,003 people, 0.7% of respondents listed Nokta as one of the three news websites they read the most.
[6] On a 15 December 2022–13 January 2023 nationwide (except Transnistria) poll by Magenta Consulting, with a sample of 1,374 people, 19% of respondents who declared Gagauz as their primary language listed Nokta among the news websites they used at least once a week, while 9% stated that Nokta was among the news websites they trusted the most; it scored much lower (0–1%) in both aspects among the rest of the demographic groups of the poll.