Petru Bogatu (12 July 1951 – 22 March 2020)[1] was a journalist, essayist, political analyst and writer from the Republic of Moldova, unionist and pro-occidental orientation, editorialist at the National Newspaper, professor at the State University of Moldova, Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences.

He wrote the fiction novel The rope braided in three, a parable of police intrigue about the geopolitical confrontations from the beginning of the third millennium, seen from an ethical, teleological and historical perspective.

Bogatu also taught in the State University of Moldova's Department of Journalism and Communication Sciences.

[1] In October 2015 Petru Bogatu, as an op-ed columnist for Ziarul Național, wrote hard criticism of Vladimir Plahotniuc's address, stating that he [Plahotniuc] "has usurped the central country's administration", and "has subordinate to him prosecutora and judges, subjugating this way country's constitutional institutions.

As a result, he transformed the state into a private firm, and the justice – into a gestapo for the intimidation and burial of his political opponents".