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On January 05 2025 05:49 Yurie wrote:
Something different happened again. The deal allowing Russian gas to pass through Ukraine expired and for some strange reason Ukraine didn't renew it.
Slovakia threatening to cut off power to Ukraine.
This combined with Russia wanting to use gas to put pressure on Moldavia and them not being in EU and the support that would give means we get a lot of different political drama being triggered.
Moldavia in a state of crisis for energy/heat. It is a country that Russia has been pressuring for a long time, even creating transnistria as part of it. If EU/US doesn't extend support it is likely the energy crisis ends up collapsing the government and a pro Russian one forming.
Something different happened again. The deal allowing Russian gas to pass through Ukraine expired and for some strange reason Ukraine didn't renew it.
Slovakia threatening to cut off power to Ukraine.
This combined with Russia wanting to use gas to put pressure on Moldavia and them not being in EU and the support that would give means we get a lot of different political drama being triggered.
Moldavia in a state of crisis for energy/heat. It is a country that Russia has been pressuring for a long time, even creating transnistria as part of it. If EU/US doesn't extend support it is likely the energy crisis ends up collapsing the government and a pro Russian one forming.
It’s not at all weird. Ukraine didn’t want to be the ones to cut off an existing supply to their allies but they didn’t want their allies funding Russia. The compromise they found was to let the agreement lapse rather than cut it off. That way it’s nobody’s fault. No one got cut off, nothing was canceled, it was just finished.
Fico is just talking trash, he can’t cut off electricity.
Transnistra is a Russian occupied province that didn’t previously have to pay their gas bill. The Russian army was deployed there and they got used to free gas. Gasprom started charging and Transnistra refused to pay so now they don’t have gas. Gas could be provided through Turkish pipes but they refuse to pay and nobody is providing it for free. Nothing will come of it but if they do decide to make a deal they have plenty of Soviet era shells that they could sell for gas money.
