The crisis prompted a question: will the breakaway region, occupied by Russia since 1992, survive without Russian gas? Free-of-charge Russian gas had been the backbone of Transnistria's economy and ensured the preservation of the breakaway region and its de facto independence from Moldova.

This separatist sliver of Moldova will run out of energy in three weeks, the head of its Russia-backed government has said. Once proud, go-it-alone and richer than their neighbors in Moldova ...

Every time planned electrical outages are imposed on his village in southern Moldova, 73-year-old retiree Vasili Donici passes the time by solving crosswords and puzzles in a room he illuminates using a small gas lamp.

This separatist sliver of Moldova will run out of energy in three weeks, the head of its Russia-backed government has said. (CNN) — In the capital of Transnistria, a self-declared microstate ...

Even to holders of powerful passports, an ever-shrinking number of countries considered safe to visit, means a world that is more difficult to navigate for travelers.

Reversing the decline would require an overhaul of the system, which is why unions need a more radical political vision: as a member of the German Communist Party’s youth wing the SDAJ put it, “the class struggle is about more than wages. It’s about the permanent securing of our interests. We don’t need socialism tomorrow — we need it today.”

According to the spokesman, units of the battlegroup Dnepr struck manpower and equipment of Ukrainian mechanized, infantry, marine and territorial defense

President Vadim Krasnoselsky added that Transnistria and Russia are set to continue cooperation in various spheres, including socio-economic, medical, educational

Oleg Ozerov spoke in favor of restoring negotiations in the international "5+2" format on the Transnistrian settlement and direct dialogue between Tiraspol and Chisinau, noting that Russia is ready to

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

The energy crisis in Transnistria is being used as a tool of Russian blackmail against Moldova, according to Center for Eastern Studies expert Kamil Całus. "Moscow is leveraging the situation for propaganda purposes and to influence Moldovan voters,