Once proud, go-it-alone and richer than their neighbors in Moldova proper, Transnistrians are now burning wood to keep warm through hours-long blackouts as winter bites. The crunch began when ...

CHISINAU (Reuters) - The leader of Moldova's separatist Transdniestria region, gripped by power and heating cuts, said on ...

Since January 1, Moldova has been grappling with an energy and political crisis whose outcome remains uncertain. In the middle of winter, Gazprom stopped supplying gas to Transnistria, a self ...

Russian-owned gas giant Gazprom announced in December it would halt gas supplies to Moldova over a dispute over an alleged $709 million debt for past supplies. The claim has been rejected by ...

The Transdniestria region in Moldova faces a severe energy crisis as its gas reserves dwindle. With Ukraine refusing transit ...

Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region expects to receive Russian gas again soon to meet its needs, its leader Vadim Krasnoselsky said on Wednesday, two weeks into crippling power cuts in the ...

Russia has long used its plentiful energy resources as a tool to exert control over the region, where independence from ...

Gazprom announced in late December that it would halt gas supplies to Moldova over a debt dispute. Picture: Olga Maltseva/AFP Winter freeze in Transnistria Gazprom had already reduced its ...

In the capital of Transnistria, a Kremlin-backed microstate sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine, the festive New Year’s lights have gone dark ahead of schedule. This separatist sliver of Moldova ...

Moldova's Separatist Enclave Hopes Russia Will ... Tens of thousands of people in Transdniestria have been without gas or winter heating since Jan. 1, when Russia's Gazprom suspended gas exports ...