Moldova says Transnistria rejected EU aid for gas purchases

10/2/2025 19:32

Moldova's pro-Russian breakaway Transdniestria region has rejected a European Union offer of 60 million euros to fund gas purchases because of concern Moscow would lose control of the territory, Moldova's government said on Monday.



"Russia does not allow them to accept European aid for fear of losing control over the region," Moldova's Prime Minister Dorin Recean said on Facebook. He said the main excuse given for rejecting the EU offer was a condition that energy prices for consumers gradually be raised.



Residents of Transdniestria, a sliver of territory run by pro-Russian separatists along Moldova's border with Ukraine, have been left with no heat or power since Jan. 1, when shipments of Russian natural gas were halted.