Refusing to buy gas from Gazprom brought Moldova more than $1 billion in losses. This assessment was made by the former president of the republic and leader of the opposition Socialist Party, Igor Dodon. His words were quoted by the agency “Hit the primer”.
“If you also take into account the losses and economic actors and assume that it is possible to agree on a different price with the Russians in the autumn of 2021, then you will see that the damage can be estimated at more than a billion dollars. “I don’t joke anymore, I can do calculations,” Dodon said.
According to the politician, the break in relations with Gazprom affected the Moldovan economy: energy prices in the country increased. Thus, in 2022, the cost of gas increased almost seven times, and the price of electricity increased almost four times. In 2022, inflation reached a record level of 30.2% annually. At the end of last year, this figure was 13.4%.
At the beginning of February, the head of the Moldovan Ministry of Energy, Viktor Parlikov accepted Resumption of Russian gas supplies.
Formerly the supervisory board of Moldovagaz He did not accept The result of the audit of the gas debt to Gazprom.
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Source: Gazeta
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