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16 of June, 20:57

Shevchuk: gas conflict can affect Transnistria
Vladimir Sandutsa. Head Yevgeny Shevchuk on the first day of the week at the meeting of the security Council said that the gas conflict between Russia And Ukraine may have negative impact on the energy sector of Transnistria, said the press service of the Transnistrian leader.

before the first day of the week " Gazprom " has declared translation of " Naftogaz " 10. 00 Moscow time on the control system of payment for the gas supplies. Gazprom also addressed in the Stockholm international arbitration court with a claim to " Naftogaz of Ukraine " about the debt collection 4, 5 billion dollars.

" All depends on the terms of the gas conflict. We are the main raw materials for heating of grsector, social objects is gas. And if the situation will be delayed until the autumn, winter, you will face the urgent task of reformatting our energy sector. This requires additional costs for which no payment in the national budget. It is clear that the situation is for us force majeure nature ", said the Transnistrian leader.

Transnistria, 60 percent of its inhabitants are Russians And Ukrainians, sought to secede from Moldova even before the collapse of the USSR, fearing that Moldova will join Romania. In 1992, after the failed attempt by the Moldovan authorities the power to solve the problem And armed conflict Kishinev lost oversight of the left-Bank districts, And Transnistria has become, in fact beyond the control of Chisinau. The world in the field of support of peacekeeping forces. Tiraspol seeks international recognition, Moldova invites the Transnistrians autonomy of a single country.

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