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Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
The first half of September saw two developments in Moldova which have limited Gazprom’s influence in the country. On 3 September, Moldova’s president Maia Sandu announced the completion of the external audit of the so-called historic debt…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Nieczypor, Kamil Całus
On 22 June 2023, the EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi presented the European Commission’s oral assessment of the progress Ukraine, Moldova (and also Georgia) have made in implementing the recommendations…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
On 9 June, the state-owned energy company Energocom, which trades in gas and electricity in Moldova, signed the two gas supply contracts necessary to cover the country’s demand in the summer season. The agreements were signed with the…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
On 22 May, the Court of Appeal in Comrat, the capital of the Gagauz Autonomy (GA) that forms part of Moldova, recognised the victory of Evghenia Guțul in the election for the GA’s başkan (head). Guțul represents the populist, pro-Russian…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
On 13 April, the Chisinau Court of Appeals sentenced Ilan Șor, a businessman and leader of the opposition pro-Russian ȘOR party, to 15 years in prison for participating in the so-called ‘theft of the century’, namely the embezzlement of…
OSW Commentary |
| Kamil Całus
Moscow’s aggressive rhetoric and hostile behaviour towards the Moldovan government, in the context of its invasion of Ukraine, have led to a significant acceleration of the process of erosion of Russian influence in Moldova. Although this…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
On 16 February, the Moldovan parliament passed a vote of confidence in the government headed by Prime Minister Dorin Recean, a former security advisor to President Maia Sandu and Moldova’s interior minister in 2012–15. The motion went…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
On 4 December, Vadim Ceban, the head of Moldovan gas operator Moldovagaz, announced that as of 5 December Moldova will draw gas from two sources. The first will remain Russia’s Gazprom, which supplies 5.7 million m3 per day (mcm/d) under…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
On 21 October Vadim Krasnoselsky, the ‘president’ of separatist Transnistria, declared that the Moldovan GRES power plant, which is located in the para-state and owned by the Russian state-owned company Inter RAO, would reduce its…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
Since 1 October, Gazprom – the sole supplier of gas to Moldova – has reduced the volume of gas it sends to that country (including Transnistria) from 8.06 mcum per day to 5.7 mcum, a drop of 30%. The Russian company claims that it reduced…