Transnistria has power for the next ten days – then what? | Piotr Oleksy

The leader of Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria has warned residents to prepare for power outages and advised them to burn firewood for heating, as the region grapples with a severe energy crisis. Over the last few days, the breakaway region has been plagued by rolling blackouts after gas supplies from state-owned Russian company Gazprom were halted on January 1. The European Commission says it will not leave the country out in the cold and it’s working with Moldovan authorities to try and find a fix to the energy crisis. To discuss possible scenarios for the region, we were joined by Piotr Oleksy, a political scientist from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

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#Moldova #Transnistria #Gas

[steava]

Moldova offered energy to transnistria but has to pay it. like anyone. becaue had it for free until now.

[texasslingleadsomtingwong]

I rubbed my crystal ball . It said "cold" yup, its right, its going to be rather cold in make believe country .

[dmitryswarog]

in order for transnistria to have gas, residents need to eat peas

[gerhard]

I saw in some clips that there is a sun shining in Moldova, so they better start placing many solar panels. And maybe they can build a hydro-energy plant in the main river. And in higher area's they could build wind energy turbines/windmills.

[chrismitchell]

EU send troops to Moldovan Ukrainian border to stop Russian attacks against Ukraine to secure the gas line then support Moldova not Transnistria!

[kevin-eht]

The pipeline flows both north and south via Transnistria, so they do not have a problem with supply.

[juliancochran]

It is dreadful that the west, who is almost hysterically anti-Russian, doesn't recognize a place in the same way that the residents there do. If the people actively living in a country say it is a country, and want positive relations with Russia, then that is what it is - a country with positive Russian relations. If we have an ounce of democracy, then we ask what the people *there* (not here) actually want and define the place as they want it, rather than imposing our external desires.

[mantassimolksda]

they can always leave to theyr beloved rusia, and give it back to Moldova

[leezajac]

that would be the advantage of Cooperation instead of War ... . Russia has offerd that for 20 Years now ...

[DacianRider]

Transnistria is illegally occupied land of Moldova. and Moldova is illegally occupied land of Romania.