Gas flows will resume to Moldova's separatist Transdniestria region, the head of the country's largest energy company said on Thursday, averting a repeat of the crisis that left the area with severe shortages of heat and power last January.
"From 17th October, full-scale shipments of natural gas will resume to Moldova's Trandsniestria region according to contract volumes needed to provide for the needs of all consumers," Vadim Ceban, Moldova's acting chairman of the board, said on Telegram. "This will allow for the resumption of supplies of hot water and work towards the beginning of the winter heating season."
The pro-Russian separatist region, which broke away from Moldova before the 1991 collapse of Soviet rule, this month restricted gas use after difficulties with payments prompted c