Pipes of the national gas distribution network in Moldova. File photoCHISINAU, Oct 28 The purchase price for Russian gas for Moldova in November will be $821 per thousand cubic meters, which is $210 less than in October, Vadim Cheban, head of the Moldovagaz company, said. In October, the republic purchased gas at $1,031 per thousand cubic meters.10:31Fuel crisis in Moldova: Moldovans are stocking up on firewoodMoldavians are actively stocking up on firewood as gas prices soar. In the market in Chisinau, firewood has doubled in price since last year, but there is no alternative, buyers say. Some people use the «Leningrad system» (pipelines) to heat their homes: it does not require a lot of firewood. «Moldovagaz» 821 US dollars per thousand cubic meters,» Cheban wrote in the Telegram channel. According to him, depending on the air temperature, consumption in November is at the level of 115-120 million cubic meters. In this case, 41 million cubic meters needed by Termoelektika and some industrial enterprises will be replaced with fuel oil, and the remaining 77 million cubic meters will be covered by supplies from PJSC Gazprom (54 million cubic meters) and purchases on the free market and/or from the state enterprise Energocom (23 million cubic meters) In October last year, the Moldovan authorities agreed with Gazprom to extend the contract for the supply of gas to the republic, subject to an audit of the Moldovagaz debt in 2022. «Gazprom» said that it reserves the right to completely stop gas supplies to Moldova if the country violates payment obligations before October 20, as well as due to a gross violation of the deadlines for concluding an agreement to settle the historical debt of JSC «Moldovagaz».
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