Moldovagaz company logo. File photoCHISINAU, Oct 25The head of the Moldovagaz company, Vadim Cheban, said that it would not be possible to ensure gas supplies directly to Pridnestrovie until the licensing and certification of the operator of the gas transmission system are also carried out there. «Until the territory of the Pridnestrovian region of the Republic of Moldova all the requirements of national legislation regarding the separation of activities (supply, transport, distribution), as well as licensing and certification of the operator of the gas transmission system, it is impossible to «directly» provide gas supplies to the region,» Cheban wrote in his Telegram channel.
Moldova bought additional gas in case of interruption of Gazprom's supplies. He noted that when supplying natural gas, Moldovagaz is guided exclusively by the legislation of Moldova and international regulations in the field of energy. appealed to the Prime Minister of Moldova, Natalia Gavrilitsa, with a request to issue a license for the formation of direct relations between Tiraspol and the Russian Gazprom. A corresponding application from Tiraspoltransgaz was submitted for consideration by the National Energy Regulatory Agency. The ANRE noted that they could not issue a license to a gas transmission company. Transnistria, 60% of whose inhabitants are Russians and Ukrainians, sought secession from Moldova even before the collapse of the USSR, fearing that Moldova would join Romania on the wave of nationalism. In 1992, after a failed attempt by the Moldovan authorities to solve the problem by force, Pridnestrovie became a territory de facto not controlled by Chisinau. Russia
