While Moscow could continue to supply energy via an alternative route, it has chosen not to do so. Russia is demanding that Moldova repay a gas debt, which the authorities in Chișinău view as ...

Chișinău and Moscow have fundamentally different stances on the debt issue, and there is no consensus between them. According to Parlicov, the prospect of a gas-related accident on the Dniester ...

the pro-Western government in Chișinău diversified the supply of gas to the area it controls west of the Dniester and has since also been sourcing gas via Romania. The Moscow-friendly ...

However, he believes the real reason lies in pressure from Moscow. Quote: "Tiraspol refused ... of Transnistria will continue to live in uncertainty." He added that Chișinău would not abandon the ...