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KYIV (Reuters) - Moldova's pro-Russian breakaway Transdniestria region started receiving gas supplies under a loan provided by Moscow, separatist authorities said on Friday.
Transdniestrian leader Vadim Krasnoselsky said in a statement on Telegram that gas deliveries were possible due to Russian loan assistance and cooperation with Russia's Ministry of Energy.
Russian gas flows to Transdniestria via Ukraine stopped at the start of January when Ukraine refused to extend a transit agreement.
Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean said earlier this month that his country would not block the gas flows into the region.
Swiss-based MET Group's subsidiary MET Gas and Energy Marketing AG signed the short-term agreement to supply gas to Moldovagaz.
MET Group confirmed that gas supplies to Moldova began on Friday under a short-term agreement which "contributes to the energy security of the whole country".
MET Group said in a statement to Reuters that "crucial contribution of the relevant transportation system operators from the EU, Ukraine and Moldova" made the solution possible.
"We neither control nor get involved in decisions related to funding of Moldova for this gas source. MET Group always adheres to all sanction laws and relevant regulations of the European Union," it added.
MET Group said it is providing gas to Moldovagaz whose CEO Vadim Ceban said his company was focused on contributing solutions to the problem on a "purely professional level".
"In order to avoid speculation, I would like to emphasize that the natural gas supplies carried out by the Swiss company MET Group contribute to solving the issue of current supplies during February 2025," Ceban added.
Tens of thousands of residents of Transdniestria, a sliver of territory run by pro-Russian separatists along Moldova's border with Ukraine, were plunged into an energy crisis on January 1 when shipments of Russian natural gas stopped.
(Reporting by Anastasiia Malenko; Editing by Nina Chestney and Susan Fenton)
