In the capital of Transnistria, a Kremlin-backed microstate sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine, the festive New Year’s lights have gone dark ahead of schedule. This separatist sliver of Moldova will run out of energy in three weeks,

This news follows Ukraine’s decision to halt Russian gas transit as of Jan. 1, 2025, therefore dealing a major blow to Moscow, further crippling Gazprom’s dwindling exports to Europe. With TurkStream now the only remaining route for Russian gas deliveries to the EU,

(Reuters) - Moldovan President Maia Sandu visited areas hit by rolling power cuts on Thursday and blamed Russian gas giant Gazprom for the energy crisis gripping the country's Transdniestria pro-Russian separatist enclave. In Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moldova and Ukraine were responsible for the heating and power shortages.

Nearly all employees of Russian energy giant Gazprom, who work on the Nord Stream and Turkish Stream gas pipelines, left the European Union last year. Source: Russian online newspaper The Moscow Times,

Gazprom's longest-term license is currently that of Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg LLC for the Orenburgsky-2 site until January 1, 2299. The validity period of Gazprom's license for the Chayandinskoye oil and gas condensate field in Yakutia has been extended until the end of 2204.

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.

Ukrainian transit gas deal to Europe ended on Jan. 1. For now, the most acute effects are being felt in a region called Transnistria, on the eastern edge of Moldova.

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Gazprom said Moldovagaz “regularly fails to fulfill its payment obligations under the existing contract, which is a significant breach of its terms.”View on euronews

The Russian gas company Gazprom on Saturday said it will no longer supply natural gas to Moldova in the new year, blaming the country's alleged debts. Gazprom said the country's gas company Moldovagaz "regularly fails to fulfil its payment obligations under the existing contract,

The move was connected with, but not required by, the expiration at the end of 2024 of Russia’s contract with Ukraine for transit of natural gas to Europe. The looming energy crisis is likely to have a strong negative effect on Moldova’s ruling pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) in parliamentary elections due in the second half of 2025.

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 Russia’s state-owned energy ...