Moldova enacted a state of emergency, as the country gears up for an energy crisis at the start of 2025 following the end of Ukraine's obligations to transport Russian gas through its territory. Moldova,

Russia supplies Moldova with about 2 billion cubic metres of gas per year through Ukraine. This is piped to the breakaway region of Transdniestria which uses the gas to generate cheap power, which it sells to government-controlled Moldova. "The problem is ...

Russia will protect its citizens and peacekeepers in Moldova's separatist Transdniestria region, foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. Zakharova was speaking as the separatist enclave's parliament appealed to Moscow for help resolving disruptions in natural gas supply linked to the expiry at the end of December of an agreement allowing Russian gas to transit through Ukraine.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu, amid the energy crisis in the region, is preparing a plan for a military operation in Transnistria. This was announced today, December 23, by the press service of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.

MOSCOW. Dec 23 (Interfax) - Moldovan President Maia Sandu has categorically refused to discuss energy supply to Moldova after the expiration date of the Russian-Ukrainian gas transit agreement, the press bureau of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service said on Monday.

Reacting to an expected cut-off in Russian gas supply, Moldova's Parliament Friday voted to enter a 60-day state of emergency. A natural gas deal to transmit gas to Moldova from Russia via Ukraine expires Dec.

Moldova's parliament has voted on a state of emergency in its energy sector, fearing disruptions to its gas supplies from Russia.

Especially since Russia’s assault on Ukraine in 2022, the entire country of 2.5m or so people, with a few peculiar territorial exceptions, has been pivoting towards the EU. A presidential election and simultaneous referendum on October 20th are expected to confirm this trend—so long as Russia’s unprecedented array of dirty tricks can be fended off.

Alexandru Musteața, director of Moldova's Security and Intelligence Service (SIS), has stated that Russia will attempt to gain control over Moldova's parliament during the 2025 elections. Source: Musteața during parliamentary hearings in Moldova on 12 December,

Moldova’s parliament has voted in favor of imposing a state of emergency in the energy sector over fears that Russia could leave the European Union candidate country without sufficient natural gas sup

Moldova's parliament voted early on Friday to impose a national state of emergency for 60 days starting on Dec. 16 due to an expected cut-off of Russian gas supplies from Jan. 1.

The statement was made as the parliament of the separatist enclave of Transnistria appealed to Moscow for help resolving disruptions in natural gas supply.