Moldovans are bracing for a difficult winter ahead as a looming energy shortage could leave them without enough energy.

Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom says it will halt gas supplies to Moldova starting on Jan. 1, citing alleged unpaid debt by the east European country.

Gazprom said Moldovagaz “regularly fails to fulfill its payment obligations under the existing contract, which is a significant breach of its terms.”View on euronews

Authorities in Moldova’s Transdniestria region cut off gas supplies to several state institutions on Sunday, Reuters reported.

Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean ordered his government on Monday to start preparing for the possible nationalisation of gas company Moldovagaz, which is 50%-owned by Russia's Gazprom .

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will protect its citizens and peacekeepers in Moldova's separatist Transdniestria region, foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. Zakharova was speaking as the separatist enclave's parliament appealed to ...

Russia’s Gazprom PJSC will halt natural gas supplies to Moldova starting on Jan. 1 due to an alleged debt impasse amid a state of emergency in the Eastern European nation’s energy sector.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Saturday it would suspend gas exports to Moldova from 0500 GMT on Jan. 1 due to unpaid debt by Moldova, which is bracing for severe power cuts. It said the company reserved the right to take any action,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday hailed the end of Russian gas transit across his country as a significant "defeat" for Moscow amid its near three-year invasion.- 'Defeat' - Zelensky pointed the finger directly at Russian President Vladimir Putin for the breakdown in gas ties.

Ukraine ends Russian gas pipeline to Europe – but how much will it cost Moscow? - Russia will no longer transport gas to Europe via Ukraine’s pipelines, further limiting its ability to raise capital

Without the Ukrainian route, Russia's gas traffic to the EU will slump to 39 billion cubic meters per year, Alexey Bobrovsky, the director of the Institute for the Study of World Markets, predicts