Technically and commercially, Gazprom can continue supplying gas to the region (Transnistria – ed.) regardless of the transit situation through Ukraine.

Gazprom said on Dec. 28 it would stop its gas supplies to Moldova on Jan. 1 due to its debt. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Jan. 9 blamed Ukraine and Moldova for Transnistria's gas crisis.

Russia has long used its plentiful energy resources as a tool to exert control over the region, where independence from Russian energy is tied to political sovereignty.

Gazprom had already reduced its deliveries to Moldova since the beginning of the invasion in Ukraine, solely supplying gas to the unrecognized breakaway state of Transnistria, also known as ...

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.

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 ...

On Jan. 1, Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom is set to halt gas supplies to the European Union candidate country Moldova.

Transnistria has cut off heating and hot water to households after Russia suspended gas transit through Ukraine, leaving the region facing a humanitarian crisis.

The Moldovan breakaway region of Transnistria has started turning the gas taps off ahead of the expiry of a gas transit deal between Russia’s Gazprom and Ukraine’s Naftogaz after Volodymyr ...

A transnational pipeline was shut down on Wednesday after Kyiv refused to renew a prewar agreement that allowed for the transit of Russian gas through its territory.

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.