Short of Heat and Power, the Breakaway Region of Transnistria Struggles Without Russian Gas
An energy crisis in Transnistria, a pro-Russian territory between Moldova and Ukraine, erupted on Jan. 1 when Moscow stopped supplying natural gas through a pipeline running across Ukraine.
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