Moldova
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Oil & Gas
Moldova says it will not block Russian gas flows to its breakaway area
Moldova will not block the supply of Russian gas to its breakaway Transdniestria region after a transit deal with Ukraine expires this year, the Moldovan energy minister said on Tuesday. Kyiv has no strategies to extend an agreement to transport Russian gas to Europe through Ukraine that ends by the end of 2024, meaning that materials to Transdniestria might likewise stop. The unrecognised statelet, which borders Ukraine to the east, has preserved autonomy from Moldova for 3 years with support from Moscow, which has more than a thousand troops stationed there. Ex-Soviet state Moldova, which has actually denounced Russia's war
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Natural Gas
Moldova to buy US-origin LNG from Greece for consumers
Moldova's domestic gas provider Energocom stated it will supply its consumers with test volumes of U.S.origin liquefied gas (LNG) for the very first time on Monday and Tuesday. Moldova relied practically solely on Russian gas under an offer with statecontrolled Gazprom but stepped up diversity efforts following Moscow's fullscale invasion of neighbouring Ukraine 2 years back. Energocom said in a declaration that it will buy LNG from the Alexandroupolis floating terminal in cooperation with Greek state-controlled business DEPA Commercial. On Monday and Tuesday, we will acquire 14,000 MWh of gas each day at the port of Alexandroupolis. There are about