Moldova’s parliament voted early on Friday to impose a national state of emergency for 60 days starting on Dec. 16 due to an expected cut-off of Russian gas supplies from Jan. 1.
Fifty-six members in the 101-seat chamber backed the measure in the vote just after midnight following Prime Minister Dorin Recean’s call for approval to ensure Moldova’s separatist Transdniestria region secured the gas it needed.
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Moldova introduces a state of emergency due to the threat of a humanitarian crisis in connection with the possible termination of Russian gas transit through Ukraine, according to the decree approved by the parliament on the proposal of Prime Minister Dorin Recean.
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Yesterday, the Transnistrian authorities also declared a state of economic emergency. A humanitarian catastrophe is looming on the left bank, as domestic consumers and industry in Transnistria are completely dependent on supplies of cheap gas from Russia. The president of the unrecognized republic, Vadym Krasnoselsky, urged Moldova and Russia to reach an agreement with Ukraine to maintain transit.
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