Moldova Region’s Industry Grinds to Halt on Lack of Russian Gas

Moldova’s pro-Moscow breakaway region of Transnistria halted almost all industrial activity except for food production, following the end of Russian gas flows through Ukraine, Interfax reported.

“The government will do everything to help economic agents ship manufactured goods,” said Sergei Obolonik, self-proclaimed economy minister of Transnistria, according to the Russian news agency. “At the moment, the situation is manageable and predictable, but if the problem with gas supplies isn’t resolved, enterprises will lose their ability to restart.”