Moldova Region’s Energy Crisis Worsens as Water Supply Disrupted
- Gas flow to pro-Russian Transnistria territory ceased Jan. 1
- Government in Chisinau is offering some services to aid region
The city council building with a statue of Lenin in Tiraspol, Transnistria.
Photographer: Leisa Tyler/LightRocket/Getty ImagesThe energy crisis in Moldova’s pro-Russian breakaway region of Transnistria has deepened, with residents now facing disruptions in water supplies, according to Prime Minister Dorin Recean.
“People don’t have electricity for hours, they don’t have heating, they don’t have access to gas and starting today they have even interruptions with water supply,” Recean told reporters on Monday. “Some people are freezing, some are having problems with basic needs.”