Moldova’s reliance on Russia as its sole source of natural gas is a caution for Europe amid worries over Moscow’s growing energy leverage.
Gazprom also demanded that Moldova pay its debt to the company — some $700 million, according to Gazprom — or it would shut off the gas, plunging Moldovans into uncertainty ahead of winter.
Moscow also tried to set conditions on a new contract with Moldova, including amending Chisinau’s free-trade agreement with the European Union,. That deal is vital to Moldova, as 70 percent of its exports — as varied as electrical machinery and wine — go to Europe. Those gas purchases — small amounts from Poland and the Netherlands — were not enough to cover Moldova’s needs for one day, energy analysts said. The point was to test the mechanisms for delivering gas to Moldova from places other than Russia.“This experience shows the incredible vulnerability that a country like Moldova feels when it is dependent on one source of gas,” said Mihai Popsoi, the deputy speaker of Moldova’s Parliament.
Parasiuc, 37, tries to use as little gas as possible to heat her home in the winter. During the fall, when temperatures are often above 50 degrees in the day, she will shut off the gas completely in the daytime. In the winter, she sets the heat on the minimum level.“I don’t even want to imagine what the new gas bills will be like,” Parasiuc said. “I don’t even want to start the calculations in my head.
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