Kommersant: Vlad Kulminski is almost the only top official in Moldova who has successfully established contact with the Presidential Administration of Russia – News by sources
The topic of gas at the next meeting of the Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration, Dmitry Kozak, with Moldova’s Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration, Vlad Kulminski, will not be unique, but the most important.
According to the INFOTAG agency, the Russian newspaper Kommersant wrote about it on Wednesday, in an article dedicated to the visit of the Moldovan deputy prime minister to Moscow, Știri.md reports.
Quoting the Russian government, the newspaper writes that “Kulminsky is almost the only top official in Moldova to establish contact in various state structures – of the Federation Council at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Presidential Administration of Russia.”
“In addition, the subject of Transnistria has not left the Russian-Moldovan agenda in all three decades of this unresolved conflict on the Dniester. Unrecognized Transnistria is directly linked to the unresolved gas issue. If there is no contract with Moldova, then this The region, which is not controlled by Chisinau and is patronized by Moscow, will also face problems: it is fueled by pipelines, “the article’s author said.
The article emphasizes that “the impending energy crisis is the main topic of this autumn in Moldova”.
“The long-term contract between Gazprom and Moldovagaz (50% owned by Gazprom) expired on September 30, but was extended until the end of October to conclude a new one. Under the terms of the expansion, Gazprom will provide 53.8 million cubic meters of gas for the right bank of Moldova and 90 million cubic meters for the left bank of Chisinau said that these volumes are not enough The Moldovan authorities have announced an increased alert regime in the energy sector an emergency situation, but already a premonition of it “, underlines the Russian newspaper.
According to the publication, Chisinau hopes in a new long-term contract to maintain the price formation formula that suits it from the previous contract, as well as to agree on the additional volume of gas for October.
“In October, due to rising prices in Europe, the price for Moldova was $ 800 per thousand cubic meters (in September the purchase price was $ 550). Gazprom insists on concluding an agreement on the restructuring of accumulated debts for gas supplied and, “Moldova’s debt to the monopoly exceeds $ 715 million – excluding the Transnistrian debt, which is about $ 8 billion in 20 years during the negotiations,” the newspaper wrote.
The source of the newspaper in the governing structure of the Russian Federation stressed that “the parties must sit at the negotiating table in a calm state, then resolve the current deficit problem, for now, the situation is too nervous. It is obvious that the supply of up to 3 billion will be discussed for the time being. cubic meters per year will, and the duration of the contract – one year “.