European Trader to Supply Gas to Pro-Russian Moldova Area
- MET Gas and Energy Marketing to send fuel to Transnistria
- Region rejected $60 million of European Commission help
Oil transportation pipes and storage tanks at an oil and gas field in Algyo, Hungary.
Photographer: Janos Kummer/Getty ImagesMET Gas and Energy Marketing will supply gas to Moldova’s pro-Russian region of Transnistria after the enclave rejected further European Union assistance, according to Moldova’s prime minister.
The EU gave €20 million ($21 million) to Transnistria — a sliver of mainly Russian-speaking territory with more than 350,000 residents — for gas purchases from Feb. 1 to Feb. 10 after a halt in Russian flows at the beginning of this year triggered an energy crisis with rolling blackouts.