The small separatist republic, which borders Ukraine, has been without heating and hot water for its residents since New Year’s Day, when Russia’s Gazprom turned off the taps over a financial dispute with the Moldovan government in Chisinau.
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EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kalas accused Russia of using “gas as a weapon” and waging a “hybrid war” in Moldova. In Moldova, the breakaway region of Transnistria has not been supplied with Russian gas since January 1.
“Russia continues to use gas as a weapon and Moldova is once again the target of a hybrid war,” Karas said on social media platform X on Tuesday night.
She said she had reaffirmed the EU’s “unwavering solidarity with Moldova” in a telephone conversation with the country’s Prime Minister Dorin Resian.
“Thanks to the EU’s support, Moldova remains resilient and well connected to European energy networks,” Karas said.
Russia continues to use gas as a weapon, and Moldova is once again a target of hybrid warfare.
Thanks to EU support, Moldova remains resilient and well connected to European energy networks.
In my call with @DorinRecean, I reaffirmed our unwavering solidarity with Moldova.
— Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas) January 7, 2025
The small separatist republic, which borders Ukraine, has been without heating and hot water for its residents since New Year’s Day, when Russia’s Gazprom turned off the taps in Chisinau over a financial dispute with the Moldovan government.
On the same day, a large-scale gas transportation agreement between Moscow and Kiev, which transports gas throughout Ukraine, ended.
The transportation blockade plunged Transnistria into crisis and brought most industry to a standstill.
With temperatures below freezing, people are forced to burn wood or rely on plug-in electric heaters.
This strip of land has been effectively controlled by pro-Russian forces since the collapse of the Soviet Union, but is internationally recognized as part of Moldova.
In any case, Russia’s supplies through Ukraine would have been cut off with the end of the transit agreement, but Chisinau announced last year that Gazprom had the option of supplying gas through a network of pipelines across the Black Sea to Turkey and through the Balkans. He said there is.
The rest of Moldova has so far escaped the crisis and has been able to secure electricity imports from neighboring Romania.
