Gazprom may stop gas supplies to Moldova. This was announced on Saturday, October 23, by the official representative of the company Sergey Kupriyanov.
According to him, such a forecast will become reality if Chisinau does not fully pay for gas supplies and does not sign a new contract with Moscow from December 1.
“There is no politics here, Gazprom is a joint-stock company and cannot operate at a loss, cannot afford to lose tax payments to the RF budget,” Kupriyanov explained.RIA News“.
He noted that the Russian company is misunderstood by the information that has appeared about the existing intention of the Moldovan authorities to liquidate the Moldovagaz enterprise, which has the country’s debts to Gazprom for the gas supplied, writes “Gazeta.Ru”…
“You have to pay for the goods received on time,” he stressed.
Earlier on the same day, October 23, the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Energy and Housing and Utilities, Andrei Gerus, said that Moldova had asked Ukraine to provide 15 million cubic meters of gas. m of gas.
A day earlier, the head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Yevgeny Primakov, said that the extinguished Eternal Flame in Chisinau is an attempt by Moldova to put pressure on Russia to obtain cheap gas. According to him, the Moldovan authorities extinguished the fire at the memorial, explaining this by “saving gas.”
On October 22, it was also reported that the Russian-Moldovan gas negotiations with the participation of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, which lasted two days, were also unsuccessful. It was noted that the Russian side offered a 25% discount. The condition for receiving it was a promise to Moldova within three years to return the debt accumulated over previous years – about $ 700 million. Chisinau, referring to the lack of necessary funds, insisted on reducing the price by 50%.
On the same day, a state of emergency was declared in Moldova for a period of 30 days, from October 22 to November 20, due to the crisis in the energy sector.
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