Transnistria blamed Moldova for the gas crisis
Transnistria has accused Moldova of being fully responsible for the gas crisis. This was reported on December 28 by Andrei Safonov, a deputy of the Supreme Council of the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (TMR).
"The Moldovan authorities are fully responsible for the gas crisis. They deliberately disrupted negotiations with Russia and gas supplies. Transnistria will have to use its special relations with Moscow to provide gas to the DMR," Safonov told RIA Novosti.
The MP added that the negotiations were absolutely deliberately disrupted by the Moldovan authorities. According to him, Russia had been settling gas payments with Transnistria separately from Moldovan debts.
On December 28, the press service of Gazprom reported that from January 1, it would stop supplies to Moldova because of the country's failure to repay its debts. In turn, Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean did not recognize the debt and threatened to sue.
"Gazprom and Moldovagaz signed a five-year contract for gas supplies in the fall of 2021. It provided for Chisinau to pay the debt for supplies in the past few years. The entire amount was estimated at $709 million, of which Chisinau officially recognizes only $8.6 million.
On November 28, 2024, Recean said on Moldova 1 TV channel that the country "does not have a $709 million debt to Gazprom". The discussion intensified against the background of Ukraine's intention to stop the transit of Russian gas through its territory. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova advised Moldova to pay for Russian gas and not to invent stories about alleged blackmail by Russia.
Since December 16, a state of emergency regime has been in effect in Moldova due to the possible cessation of Russian gas transit through Ukraine. On December 6, a state of emergency was also introduced in Transnistria due to the situation in the energy sector.
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