Operatorul național de transport al gazelor naturale din România, Transgaz, prin filiala sa Vestmoldtransgaz, este pe ultima sută de metri până la preluarea integrală a acestor operațiuni în Republica Moldova, inclusiv în regiunea separatistă Transnistria, conform declarațiilor directorului general al Transgaz, Ion Sterian, în exclusivitate pentru Gândul. (Translated article through Google)
What does this change in practice? Is it the Russians selling off their gas infrastructure for short term liquidity? Or are they trying do dodge sanctions in some way?
From my understanding, they were already in debt to Moldova (not sure if I understood correctly).
For Moldova, however, this means that it eliminated a source for blackmailing from Russia. Despite also being state-owned, Transgaz and Romania don’t have a history of manipulating prices and cutting gas at will, just because of geopolitical interests and national politics of their clients.
