President of Moldova Maia Sandu. File photoCHISINAU, Jan 30Residents of Gagauzia on Sunday gathered to protest in the center of Comrat and demanded the resignation of the Moldovan authorities, who allowed the growth of gas and heating tariffs, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. dollars per thousand cubic meters. It was also decided to raise the tariff for heating, a gigacalorie became more expensive by $22. Both decisions came into force retroactively from January 1, the opposition intends to challenge the ANRE decision in court. Earlier, deputies of the People's Assembly of Gagauzia (legislative body) decided to send a delegation to Moscow to discuss the issues of gas supplies to the autonomy bypassing Chisinau.The ex-premier of Moldova called for a boycott of the increase in gas tariffs Residents of Gagauzia gathered to protest on Sunday afternoon in the center of the autonomy's capital, the city of Comrat. They declare that they will not be able to pay the new tariffs and blame the central authorities of the republic for the current situation. «The fish spoils from the head, and the head is in Chisinau, the president is worried about the situation in Ukraine and does not care that our people will die of hunger and cold. Our authorities do not know how to negotiate, so let's unite and send everyone to hell,» said the representative of the Executive Committee of Gagauzia, Sergei Stoianoglo. . The action ended peacefully, but the protesters warned that they would gather again if their call was not heard. «Gazprom» and «Moldovagaz» on October 29, after lengthy negotiations, extended the gas supply contract for a period of 5 years, starting from November 1. «Gazprom» said that, taking into account the situation in Moldova, it was decided to sign the contract practically on the terms of the Moldovan side, but subject to timely 100% payment of current payments. In November, the republic had problems with the transfer of payments on time, a delay was needed. In January, «Moldovagaz» again faced difficulties in repaying the payment to «Gazprom», the parliament introduced a state of emergency for 60 days. Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov expressed concern that the non-payment crisis could repeat itself in the future.
