Moscow has long viewed Transnistria as a strategic outpost and ... hold Russian passports and are citizens of Russia. In 1992, after a war in which Transnistrian forces were aided by the former ...
Transnistria did not ... But a few months into the war, Russia’s energy giant Gazprom sharply cut gas supplies to the country and hiked its prices, citing unpaid debts. Moldovan officials ...
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has accused Russia of using "gas as a weapon" and waging a "hybrid war" in Moldova, where the breakaway region of Transnistria has been without Russian gas sinc 1.
Since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine in 2022, Moldova has been importing gas from the European market instead of from Russia. Transnistria, however, was still supplied with Russian gas ...
Shutting off gas to Transnistria creates instability across Moldova, which is likely Moscow’s intent as a part of their hybrid war. In mid-December, Moldova declared a state of emergency, and ...