Moldova will supply 3 million cubic meters of natural gas to the Moscow-backed separatist region of Transnistria as a temporary solution to its energy crisis, officials announced Monday. The move follows the European Commission’s pledge of an emergency assistance package worth 30 million euros ($31.

At the end of this week, European gas may reach Transnistria. This was confirmed by the President of the PMR Vadim Krasnoselsky at the meeting of the anti-crisis Operations Center held today, January 27.

The European Commission on Monday offered Moldova an emergency package worth €30 million ($31.5 million) to restore energy supply to the country's break-away region of Transnistria after Russia halted gas deliveries.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that Ukraine was prepared to send coal to fuel a major power plant in the Moldovan breakaway region of Transnistria, hit by an unprecedented energy crisis. The territory,

The crisis prompted a question: will the breakaway region, occupied by Russia since 1992, survive without Russian gas? Free-of-charge Russian gas had been the backbone of Transnistria's economy and ensured the preservation of the breakaway region and its de facto independence from Moldova.

Unrecognized Transnistria announced its readiness to purchase natural gas through the Moldovan company Moldovagaz. Tiraspol allegedly notified Chisinau of this

Chisinau should come to an agreement with Moscow and gradually resolve the issue with Transnistria. This opinion was expressed by the head of state Alexander Lukashenko at a press conference on the main day of the presidential election in Belarus.

The European Union on Monday offered 30 million euros ($32 million) in emergency aid to help buy gas for Moldova's separatist Transnistria region after Russia cut off supplies.

Hundreds of people in the self-proclaimed state of Transnistria protested against the Moldovan government on Friday, accusing it of spurring an energy crisis triggered by Russia cutting off gas supplies,

The Moldovan government will lend 3 million cubic meters of gas to the Transnistrian region, Prime Minister Dorin Recean announced, as reported by NewsMaker.md.

Russia has long used its plentiful energy resources as a tool to exert control over the region, where independence from Russian energy is tied to political sovereignty.

BRUSSELS, January 27. /TASS/. The European Union has allocated 30 million euros to Moldova to buy and transport gas to Transnistria, the press service of the European Commission reported.