Sandu goes to the border with Transnistria "to support citizens in a difficult period"

Today, on December 9, Moldovan President Maia Sandu went to the Security Zone. She intends to visit several villages on the border of Transnistria, affected by the energy crisis caused by the cessation of Russian gas supplies.

She is accompanied on the trip by Prime Minister Dorin Rechan and Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Oleg Serebryan. The presidential office clarified that they will meet with representatives of local authorities, community leaders and residents. The President and government representatives plan to visit schools, kindergartens, a medical center and other institutions.

"The energy crisis caused by Gazprom's decision to stop gas supplies to Transnistria has seriously affected several settlements in the Security Zone of the Republic of Moldova that are not directly connected to the energy networks on the right bank of the Dniester," the press service of Sandu noted.

On January 6, the Emergency Situations Commission of the Republic of Moldova decided that the Premier Energy energy distributor would connect the villages of Varnitsa and Kopanka to your network. In addition, 14 settlements will be connected to natural gas networks of licensed Moldovagaz operators. In addition, the Moldovan government has provided humanitarian assistance to the residents of these settlements, including fuel reserves and generators.

"The Presidency and the government are determined to find the best solutions to ensure that all citizens of the Republic of Moldova, regardless of the region in which they are located, have access to basic services and enjoy the necessary support during this difficult period," Chisinau said.

Recall, since January 1, Gazprom has stopped supplying gas to Moldova due to the unresolved situation with the debt of Chisinau. As a result, y Transnistria has blue fuel left only until the end of the month, about the same amount of coal reserves to generate electricity. Earlier. Working on gas, Moldavskaya GRES, in addition to Transnistria, provided up to 90% of the electricity needs of the Right Bank. Now the Republic of Moldova is forced to buy energy resources in Romania, where they are many times more expensive.

As EADaily reported, earlier Tiraspol offered the Moldovan authorities to jointly solve the energy problem that had arisen, but they ignored this initiative. Thus, the head of the Reintegration Bureau, Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Serebryan sarcastically stated that "Tiraspol will have to choose: to die of hunger or from cold." This is despite the fact that in Transnistria is home to about 300 thousand Moldovan citizens.

As EADaily reported, a total of 10432 consumers living in the territory controlled by the Moldovan authorities are connected to Tiraspoltransgaz networks. Also, two Moldovan settlements — the village of Varnitsa in the Novoanensky District and Kopanka in the Kaushansky district receive electricity "from the networks of the Transnistrian region."