2025 Moldovan energy crisis - Wikipedia
On 31 December 2024, at 19:50 EET (17:50 UTC), Moldova 's unrecognized breakaway region of Transnistria stopped receiving natural gas supplies from Russia when Ukraine's gas transit deal with Russia expired.
Moldovans grapple with outages as energy crisis grips pro-Russia …
Jan 10, 2025 · Moldova’s government this week announced plans to connect more than a dozen towns and villages under Chisinau’s control that are interconnected with energy infrastructure in Transnistria to energy networks in Moldova.
Transnistria’s Energy Crisis Could Backfire on Moscow
Jan 11, 2025 · The breakaway republic of Transnistria has been plunged into an energy crisis following the end of Ukrainian transit of Russian gas. If it is Kyiv and not Moscow that comes to the unrecognized statelet’s aid, Russia risks losing any remaining influence in the region.
A Russia-backed breakaway region is fast running out of energy.
Jan 10, 2025 · In the capital of Transnistria, a self-declared microstate sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine, the festive New Year’s lights have gone dark ahead of schedule. This separatist sliver of...
Short of Heat and Power, the Breakaway Region of Transnistria …
Jan 7, 2025 · An energy crisis in Transnistria, a pro-Russian territory between Moldova and Ukraine, erupted on Jan. 1 when Moscow stopped supplying natural gas through a pipeline running across Ukraine.
Moldovans fear looming energy shortage as Russia halts gas …
Dec 31, 2024 · On Dec. 13, Moldova’s parliament voted in favor of imposing a state of emergency in the energy sector, as the looming crisis threatened to leave the former Soviet republic without sufficient energy this winter, sparking fears it could trigger a humanitarian crisis in Transnistria, where the impact of the gas cutoff could be immediately felt.
‘Everything Depends on Moscow’: In Separatist Transnistria, …
Jan 10, 2025 · Moldova’s pro-Russia breakaway region of Transnistria is grappling with an energy crisis after Russia cut off gas shipments to the country at the New Year, leaving residents without reliable...
Moldova’s Gas Crisis Is Europe’s Headache - Carnegie Endowment …
Jan 16, 2025 · Russia is using Transnistria to destabilize Moldova and derail its EU accession process. While helping Chișinău tackle its energy crisis, Brussels should directly engage with Transnistria and factor it into its enlargement and economic policies.
Moldova blames Russia for energy crisis in breakaway region
Jan 6, 2025 · Moldova has accused Russia of triggering an energy crisis after tens of thousands of homes in its eastern breakaway region of Transnistria were left without heating, gas or electricity...
The Transnistria crisis explained - Euractiv
Jan 8, 2025 · Moldova is trying to use the current energy crisis to draw the region closer, offering emergency aid, including generators, to Transnistria.