16.01.2025, Moscow.
Gas supplies from Russia to Transnistria could be ensured through transit routes involving Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine’s Odesa region, and Moldova, said Aleksey Belogoryev, Research Director at the Institute for Energy and Finance, on January 15, as reported by RIA Novosti.
“There are two options: resuming Ukrainian transit via the traditional route to the Grebeniki Gas Distribution Station (GDS), or utilizing the TurkStream pipeline with further transit through five countries — Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine (two short segments in the Odesa region), and right-bank Moldova,” Belogoryev explained, referring to Transnistrian leader Vadim Krasnoselsky’s statement about the imminent restoration of gas supplies to the republic.
Krasnoselsky also suggested that alternative schemes involving gas swaps with European supplies could be implemented. These could include deliveries from Romania through the Iasi-Ungheni pipeline or from Ukraine via the Alekseyevka GDS in northwestern Moldova. However, as the transit would involve Moldova’s territory, “Transnistria would become significantly dependent on Chisinau,” the expert noted.
Transnistrian leader Vadim Krasnoselsky met with Russian Ministry of Energy representatives in Moscow on January 14 to discuss the possibility of resuming gas supplies to the republic. Following the meeting, he told journalists that gas deliveries to Transnistria would soon be restored but did not disclose the details of the arrangement.