Moldovan parliament disconnects elevators to save electricity

The Moldovan parliament is introducing austerity measures, reducing lighting and heating in the building, due to the expected electricity shortage associated with the cessation of Russian gas supplies. This was reported by the press service of the legislative body on Tuesday, December 31.

In the parliament building reduced lighting by a third, turned off external illumination, urged deputies to keep the temperature below 19 degrees Celsius and not to use elevators. A number of elevators and air conditioners were also turned off, TASS notes.

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On the eve, Victor Bynzar, advisor to the director of the Moldovan state enterprise Energocom, said that the Transnistria TPP will stop supplying electricity to Moldova from January 1, 2025.

Before that, on December 28, Andrei Safonov, a deputy of the Supreme Council of the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (TMR), said that Transnistria accused Moldova of being fully responsible for the gas crisis.

On the same day, the press service of Gazprom said 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.

On December 23, it was reported that protests may start in Moldova because of the difficult energy situation in the republic due to the termination of gas transit through Ukraine.

Since December 1, 2024, the price of gas in Moldova has increased by 27.5%. Since December 16, a state of emergency regime has been in effect in Moldova due to the possible termination of Russian gas transit through Ukraine. On 6 December, a state of emergency was also introduced in Transnistria due to the situation in the energy sector.