About 40% of all foreign currency earnings of Transnistria comes from its electricity exports to the rest of Moldova. In early 2016, Chisinau decided to decrease the procurement price for Transnistrian electricity by about 30%, causing a severe currency crisis in Tiraspol. These negative economic trends have hit Transnistria''s government
READ MOREOver the past year, Moldova has rid itself of Russian gas supplies. But it still receives electricity from the Russian-sponsored breakaway region of Transnistria. Ending this final dependency would bolster Moldova''s security – and Europe''s. The head of Moldova-Gaz Vadim Ceban attends a press conference in the company''s headquarters in
READ MOREOver the years, Transnistria has developed its own armed forces, public services and pension schemes — all funded through marked-up sales of cheap Russian energy to Moldova. "The entire region is dependent on free gas like it''s drugs," said Parlicov, the energy minister, speaking from the imposing government building in Chișinău''s
READ MOREAccording to Dirun, the war has rocked Transnistria''s economy "but also forced the leadership of Transnistria to take a more restrained position" and "not demonstrate its pro-Russian views".
READ MOREMarch 21, 2024, 7:47 AM. In the crowded labyrinth of the open market in downtown Chisinau, the capital city of Moldova, a ble of languages ripples through the throngs of traders hawking a
READ MOREThe explosions inside the building hosting Transnistria''s state security ministry in Tiraspol were caused by a rocket-propelled-grenade attack, the region''s authorities said. Photographs
READ MOREIn December 2022, Moldova and Transnistria reached a temporary agreement. Transnistria would receive all the gas that Gazprom agreed to deliver to the Republic of Moldova. In exchange, Moldova would receive 50 percent of its electricity at 73 USD per MW/h from the Russian-owned Moldavskaia GRES, which generates electricity
READ MORE4 · The electricity system in Moldova is characterised by its reliance on imports. In 2020, of its 4.4 TWh of electricity demand, 81% was supplied by imports, either from Ukraine (4%) or from the Cuciurgani-Moldavskaya
READ MOREFebruary 16, 2016 6:23 pm CET. By Thomas de Waal. Even as Russia and the West rang in the new year still publicly at loggerheads over Ukraine, the EU sealed a deal with Russia over another Eastern European frozen conflict zone: Transnistria. The unrecognized statelet of Transnistria broke away from newly independent Moldova in 1990, and is
READ MOREIn addition, Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure in the fall of 2022 disrupted Moldova''s electricity supply and the country had to buy electricity from Romania at a higher price. EU allies and the Kremlin''s determination to prevent a humanitarian crisis in Transnistria [15] averted a bigger crisis.
READ MOREBy Iulian Ernst in Bucharest June 7, 2017. Moldova resumed imports of electricity from Transnistria on June 4, after having switched to importing from Ukraine on April 1 in a move that severely hurt the finances of the pro-Russian separatist republic. Moldova will import 70% of its electricity from Transnistria, with the other 30% will be
READ MORENevertheless, it still receives electricity from Transnistria. Russia''s Gazprom supplies gas free-of-charge (through Ukraine) to the Russian-owned Cuciurgan electricity plant in Transnistria, with power then sold to Chișinău—the supply accounts for around 70 per cent of all Moldova''s electricity, while proceeds account for approximately
READ MOREUkrainian ports vital for Transnistria''s economy. For 30 years, Transnistria''s economy depended on the illegal transportation of goods to and from Odesa and other ports on the Black Sea. It all
READ MOREFILE - People walk past a billboard depicting the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in Tiraspol, the capital of the Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria, in Moldova on Nov. 1, 2021. Since Russia fully invaded Ukraine two years ago, a string of incidents in Transnistria have periodically raised the specter that European Union
READ MORE6 · The initial 30% drop in gas supply from Russia led Transnistria to reduce the electricity supply to Moldova by 73%, Moldova also lost their supply of electricity from
READ MOREA few clear priorities should be construction of a power plant that is not within the breakaway region of Transnistria; ending Gazprom''s stranglehold on Moldovagaz, or if that is not reasonably achievable, breaking existing Moldovagaz contracts and establishing an alternative natural gas supplier; building Moldova a power market;
READ MOREMoldova: the spectre of an energy crisis. Kamil Całus. On 21 October Vadim Krasnoselsky, the ''president'' of separatist Transnistria, declared that the Moldovan GRES power plant, which is located in the para-state and owned by the Russian state-owned company Inter RAO, would reduce its electricity production as of 24 October, and
READ MORE01/12/2023. Vladimir Putin''s war in Ukraine has not been going according to plan. Russia''s aggression could even inadvertently bring an end to the Transnistria conflict in neighboring Moldova
READ MOREThe reduction of gas supplies to Moldova, and the resulting disruption to the supply of electricity from Transnistria, are part of Kremlin policy. It is interested in
READ MOREThis article has been written within the project "Analysis of crisis scenarios in Moldova and Transnistria", implemented in cooperation with the Agency for Peacebuilding . This project is realized with the support of the Unit for Analysis, Policy Planning, Statistics and Historical Documentation - Directorate General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Italian
READ MOREMoldova has historically generated only a tenth of its electricity, with around 70 percent coming from the Cuciurgan power plant in Transnistria and another 20 percent imported from Ukraine, according to
READ MOREWinter Is Coming for Moldova. Until last year Moldova received all its gas from Russia, and its electricity from a power plant in Moldova''s breakaway Transnistria region, which was entirely powered by Russian gas. This arrangement gave Russia an annual opportunity to seek Moldovan concessions or suffer the consequences in both gas
READ MOREMoldova''s electricity supply is heavily dominated by the Russian-owned Kuchurgan power plant (MGRES) located in the Transnistrian region. In 2021, MGRES generated 74% of right-bank Moldova''s electricity supply.
READ MORESince the gas deficit affected both Moldova and Transnistria, MGRES stopped energy deliveries to the right bank and drastically reduced domestic production. In addition, Russian attacks on
READ MORE6 · Starting in late 2022, Moldova suffered an energy crisis, the worst since its independence.Hugely influenced by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, caused when Russia''s Gazprom reduced supplies.. The initial 30% drop in gas supply from Russia led Transnistria to reduce the electricity supply to Moldova by 73%, Moldova also lost their supply of
READ MOREFollowing the outbreak of the full-scale war, Moldova''s dependence on electricity supplies from Transnistria also decreased. On 16 March 2022, the Moldovan
READ MOREIn June, Columbia University''s Center on Global Energy Policy said it is unlikely the contract would be renewed. Near the de facto border between Transnistria and Ukraine Andrea Mancini
READ MORETransnistria, a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border with Ukraine, is only recognized by three non-United Nations (UN). The energy economy of Moldova heavily
READ MORETransnistria currently owes Gazprom more than $7bn for gas under the current scheme. The difference in energy rates on either side of the Dniester is striking: while in Moldova the price is over
READ MOREThe Russian-owned Cuciurgan power plant in Transnistria is Moldova''s largest energy source, supplying around four-fifths of the country''s power in exchange for
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