2025 Moldovan energy crisis

On 28 September 2025 elections were held in Moldova, with the ruling PAS holding onto power. Thus, Moldova began to buy more expensive electricity from Romania, while Transnistria remained without

Transnistria faces gas crisis and emergency. Why Tiraspol...

Electricity will be supplied to residential buildings, social institutions, food production enterprises, and life-support organizations. Cold water will be supplied without restrictions.

Energy crisis in Transnistrian region: Is Russian gas replaceable?

Over the past 30 years, the separatist regime in Tiraspol has sustained its energy connections with Moscow, while Chișinău traded its political allegiance to Russia in return for various

Tiraspol energy crisis: Why Transnistria residents are facing exploding

"The bills on the Dniester left bank are exploding!" estimated Watchdog Community expert, Ștefan Bejan. "The local supplier significantly increased the tariffs for thermal energy,

Tiraspol lifts electricity export ban while gas supplies are maintained

Initially, the measures established during the state of emergency included a ban on exporting any type of energy resources. However, a day after the "order" was issued, an exception

Russian Gas Halt Leaves Transnistria Without Heating Amid Winter

Residents of the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria were left without centralized heating and hot water on Wednesday after Russian gas shipments via Ukraine were halted, the local

Is the Tiraspol regime anticipating a new energy crisis? It is

Local officials reported to Vadim Krasnoselski that they are preparing for the new heating season. The separatist administration has publicly announced that it is preparing for both predictable

The Transnistria crisis explained

Hundreds of thousands of people in Transnistria now face a harsh winter without gas, heating or electricity after the Kremlin-backed leadership in Tiraspol, the provincial capital, declined

Moldovans grapple with outages as energy crisis grips pro

“Tiraspol is not autonomous in the decisions it makes,” he said on Thursday. “This crisis is induced by the Russian Federation in order to destabilize the Republic of Moldova and to use the...

A Russia-backed breakaway region is fast running out of energy.

In the capital of Transnistria, a self-declared microstate sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine, the festive New Year''s lights have gone dark ahead of schedule. This separatist sliver