Moldova breakaway region faces extended blackouts

Moldova breakaway region faces extended blackouts after gas cutoff
Russia denies using gas as a weapon to coerce Moldova, and blames Kyiv for refusing to renew a gas-transit deal.
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.
Moldova, Transnistria grapple with the end of Russian gas deliveries
Since 1 January 2025, the Republic of Moldova, including the pro-Russian breakaway region of Transnistria, has struggled to respond to the end of gas deliveries by Russian gas utility Gazprom, plunging the country into a new energy crisis.
Moldova PM warns of security crisis, denounces Russian gas cut-off
Moldova faces a security crisis after tens of thousands of residents in the breakaway enclave of Transdniestria were cut off from Russian gas supply, Prime Minister Dorin Recean said on Friday. Flows of Russian gas via Ukraine which supplied central and eastern Europe were halted at the end of 2024 as Kyiv rejected doing further business with Moscow.
Moldova Region’s Industry Grinds to Halt on Lack of Russian Gas
Moscow breakaway region of Transnistria halted almost all industrial activity except for food production, following the end of Russian gas flows through Ukraine, Interfax reported.
Russia’s Gazprom says it will halt gas supplies to Moldova starting Jan. 1
Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom says it will halt gas supplies to Moldova starting on Jan. 1, citing alleged unpaid debt by the east European country.
Moldova faces energy crisis as flow of Russian gas ends
Russian gas has stopped passing through Ukraine after a five-year deal expired, leaving Moldova at risk of a crisis.
Moscow-backed region in Moldova feels the pain after gas route cut
STORY: Moldova's breakaway region of Transdniestria has been hit hard by the severing of one of Russia's last gas export routes to Europe. Russia had long provided free gas and had been pumping some 70 billion cubic feet of the fuel to the region per year.
Starved of Russian gas, industry shuts down in breakaway region of Moldova
Ukraine has refused to renew a deal with Russia to transport gas across its territory to Europe. Read more at straitstimes.com.
A Gas Cutoff Sends Shivers Through a Russian-Backed Breakaway Region
A renegade part of Moldova once boasted it would become a Russian-speaking Switzerland. Now without gas, its leader assured residents, “We will not allow a societal collapse.”
Moscow-backed enclave in Moldova feels pain from lack of Russian gas
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Moldova expects over 60% of its electricity from Romania in January
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Russian Gas Shutoff Pumps Up Pressure On Moldova's Pro-Western Government
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Moldova switches reference currency to euro
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Moldova’s solar capacity hits 344 MW by September 2024
Moldova expanded its solar capacity to 344 MW by September 2024, up from 185 MW in 2023, according to the National Center for Sustainable Energy (CNED).