All industrial enterprises in Transnistria have stopped working due to lack of energy resources.
The first deputy head of government announced this on January 2. The unrecognized republic is cut off from gas supplies due to the cessation of supplies from Russia. But Russia did not want to supply gas there by other routes after stopping transit through Ukraine.
Due to reserves in the gas pipeline system, gas remained in apartment buildings without autonomous heating. It can be used for cooking until the network pressure drops to a critical level.
After the winter holidays, the Transnistrian authorities intend to transfer schoolchildren to distance learning. Some kindergartens will be closed. Only about 40 kindergartens will be heated and children whose parents are “involved in anti-crisis work and life support” in the region will be accepted there.
Local authorities plan to open points where people can eat and warm up. Hospitals are heated autonomously, and orphanages, nursing homes and boarding schools are provided with electric heaters.
Transnistria was left not only without gas. Heating and hot water supplies to the breakaway region of Transnistria have been cut off after Russia cut off gas supplies through Ukraine.
Leaders of the region urged residents to dress warmly, gather family members in one room, cover windows and balcony doors with blankets or blackout curtains, and use electric heaters.
Meanwhile, Moldova offers to help the unrecognized Transnistria buy gas through European purchasing platforms.
The Moldovan company Moldovagaz is ready to provide “technical and commercial support.” They propose to supply gas to the border with Moldova through all possible alternative routes.
Ukraine’s contract with Gazprom expired on January 1. At 7.00, the transit of Russian gas to Europe was stopped.
Russia supplied Moldova with about 2 billion cubic meters of gas per year through the territory of Ukraine and Transnistria. At the same time, Chisinau has repeatedly accused Moscow of using energy dependence for destabilization.
Moldova has declared a state of emergency due to possible disruptions. The country received most of its electricity from a power plant in Transnistria using Russian gas. Now Moldova has replaced these supplies with electricity, in particular from Romania.
Source: Racurs
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