The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pridnestrovie told about the downtime of enterprises due to gas shortage

In Pridnestrovie, despite the start of gas supplies, most of the 40 suspended enterprises are idle, the Foreign Ministry of the unrecognized republic told Izvestia.

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"Since January, about 40 Transnistrian enterprises have suspended operations due to lack of gas supplies. Most of them continue to be in forced downtime, including such industrial giants as the metallurgical plant and cement plant in Rybnitsa, the Tirotex textile factory and others," the ministry noted.

The crisis in Transnistria began after the termination of the transit of Russian gas through the territory of Ukraine on January 1. A humanitarian catastrophe has unfolded in the PMR. More than 1.5 thousand high—rise buildings were left without heating and hot water, and more than 70 thousand private houses were left without gas. The heat supply was also turned off in 131 schools and 147 kindergartens. Almost all industrial enterprises, except food ones, have stopped working.

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