{"id":443712,"date":"2017-04-04T14:17:16","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T14:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=443712"},"modified":"2017-04-05T14:19:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T14:19:02","slug":"transnistria-economy-minister-moldovas-decision-buy-electricity-ukraine-political","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/transnistria-economy-minister-moldovas-decision-buy-electricity-ukraine-political\/","title":{"rendered":"Transnistria economy minister: Moldova’s decision to buy electricity from Ukraine is political"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The separatist Transnistrian authorities claim<\/a> that the listing for the electricity supply contract was conducted with law violations by the constitutional authorities of Moldova and that the decision to give up on electricity from Transnistria is a political decision against Russia.<\/p>\n

In an interview for the local TSV<\/a>, the economic development minister of the breakaway republic, Sergey Obolonnik, declared that Moldova’s decision to buy electricity from Ukraine is against the\u00a0Russian Federation and Transnistria and specifically, INTERAO who controls the Moldovan GRES from separatists-controlled Cuciurgan.<\/p>\n

“INTERAO EES negotiated a contract with operators of electrical energy from the Republic of Moldova. The contract was not signed. This action, which is called tender, was not really conducted, because\u00a0it was organized with severe violations”,\u00a0<\/em>said he.<\/p>\n

According to Obolonnik, the decision is part of a series of actions taken against Transnistria’s economy, like the\u00a0blocking of the railway.<\/em><\/p>\n