Russia, Transnistria

Thousands without heating in Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria region, after Russian gas supplies cut
The head of Moldova’s breakaway region Transnistria has urged residents to burn firewood for heating and warned that blackouts cannot be avoided, after Moscow stopped supplying gas via Ukraine.
Transnistria faces energy crisis as Russia cuts gas supplies; residents struggle
Residents of Transnistria face severe energy shortages after Russia halted gas supplies, leading to factory closures and blackouts.
Here's what's behind Russia cutting off its last gas line to Europe
Ukrainian transit gas deal to Europe ended on Jan. 1. For now, the most acute effects are being felt in a region called Transnistria, on the eastern edge of Moldova.
Russia’s Energy Cutoff of Moldova: Crisis or Opportunity
The move was connected with, but not required by, the expiration at the end of 2024 of Russia’s contract with Ukraine for transit of natural gas to Europe. The looming energy crisis is likely to have a strong negative effect on Moldova’s ruling pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) in parliamentary elections due in the second half of 2025.
Halting of Russian gas supplies to Transnistria aimed to destabilize Moldova: Chisinau
Moldova 'strongly condemns provocative rhetoric and dangerous insinuations' about alleged ‘forceful resolution' of Transnistrian issue, says Foreign Ministry
Moldova breakaway region faces extended blackouts after gas cutoff
The pro-Russian breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniestria, left without Russian gas supplies no longer transiting through neighbouring Ukraine, faced longer periods of rolling power cuts on Saturday,
Sandu goes to the border with Transnistria "to support citizens in a difficult period"
Today, on December 9, Moldovan President Maia Sandu went to the Security Zone. She intends to visit several villages on the ...
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Zelenskyy says Ukraine ready to help Moldova with coal to resolve crisis in Transnistria
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine is ready to provide Moldova with the resources necessary to overcome the ...
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BALKAN BLOG: Giving free energy to Transnistria could thwart Russia’s plans for Moldova
By Iulian Ernst in Bucharest Moldova will certainly not provide free gas to separatist Transnistria region, government spokesperson Daniel Voda said on January 8 at one of the press conferences held ...
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Moldova, Romania strike electricity supply deal
Moldova’s state energy company Energocom on Thursday announced an energy supply agreement with Romania's OMV Petrom, aimed at ...
Moldova does not mind if Kyiv helps Transnistria with energy to "knock down" Russian propaganda
Moldova would not object to Ukraine's proposal to help unrecognised Transnistria with its energy crisis in order to prevent a ...
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Moldovan Government’s blockade of electricity to transnistria condemned as a mockery by Russian foreign ministry
The Moldovan government's blocking of electricity supplies to Transnistria is a mockery of the residents of the unrecognized ...
EU Foreign Policy Chief Accuses Russia Of Using 'Gas As A Weapon' In Moldova
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has accused Russia of using "gas as a weapon" and waging a "hybrid war" in Moldova, where the breakaway region of Transnistria has been without Russian gas sinc 1.
Russia fueling Transnistria energy crisis for propaganda, destabilization, Moldova says
"Russian propaganda tries to create a story in which Moldova becomes a ‘problematic actor,’ although the government has ...