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Notes

I just published this article, I usually revise my articles and check the sources again to see if I have gotten anything wrong or if I have filled the parameters of the source's template wrongly, but due to the ongoing nature of this event and because I won't have much time in the next few weeks I was pressed to finish this article and publish it rather quickly. I don't think there are major inaccuracies, but there might be some details and nuances like me having put a wrong date of a publication for a source by mistake (saw one such case during a quick revision). I thought it's worth mentioning, as I always revise what I write otherwise. Super Ψ Dro 13:57, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Add that it was the end of the Ukrainian transit deal that caused this in the lead.

The crisis is caused by Ukraine refusing to continue its gas transit deal with Russia. This is clearly an important fact that is currently not in the article lead. It reads right now like Russia just chose to stop sending the gas. Liger404 (talk) 06:26, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Russia indeed did so. It has so far chosen not to supply Transnistria through the Turkstream pipeline. I wanted to add about the deal between Ukraine and Russia expiring and about Russia's rationale for not supplying gas through Turkstream, and will once I get time. Super Ψ Dro 13:48, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well the existing supply was via Ukraine though, that's why the flow has stopped. Zelenskyy quite literally announced this. They might organise somthing through Turkstream, but that doesn't actually go to Moldova. Romania gets some gas from that line, I am not sure if they have the infrastructure to actually pump gas to Moldova and Transnistria or if they will need to build it. Both Turkstream and the internal Romanian pipelines are much lower in capacity, I am not sure if they can even supply the place. All that will have to be arranged if they even can. But the current shut off is due to the Ukrainian closure of the Ukrainian gas lines to Europe. https://theconversation.com/ukraine-closure-of-gazprom-pipeline-to-europe-hurts-russias-war-effort-but-leaves-transnistrians-in-the-cold-246608 Liger404 (talk) 01:38, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The supply of gas to Moldova through Turkstream is possible. A test on 31 December proved this [1]. I am not knowledgeable on the topic of gas pipelines but I assume gas from Turkstream would arrive through the Iași–Chișinău pipeline. It has a capacity of 1.85 billion m3, when Moldova was consuming 1.1 billion on average as reported in 2021 [2]. Given Transnistria's small population it seems obvious there'd have been enough capacity at least for civilian purposes. Not sure if there'd have been enough for the power plant, so there might still have been an increase in electricity prices. But Transnistria's population not having gas right now is because Russia decided so. Super Ψ Dro 12:11, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is not at all that Russia decided so. The gas did not come through Turkstream. Zelenskyy announced the cut off himself, and end to European reliance on Russian gas he said. It may be that Turkstream, which does not pass through Moldova, will be able to supply Moldova in future. It it did not historically and a cut off in gas from Turkstream has never happened. This is quite simply not the cause of the outage. Turkstream has NEVER supplied Tranistia and the Iasi pipeline is brand new. Who knows what volume it can carry, at what price and to whom. But it has never before served the gas needs of Moldova and Tranistria. It's is not this pipeline that has caused the sudden reduction in supply. It may be what solves the issue, but it is certainly not the cause! Liger404 (talk) 07:47, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Given this turns into a WP:FORUM debate (which I enjoy in general, but is not allowed in Wikipedia), I'll withdraw from it unless contents of the article are discussed. I'll only add that Moldova and Gazprom have a contract until 30 September 2026 [3], that Ukraine gave over one year for countries to diversify their gas supplies away from that pipeline [4] (Turkstream being the most common option [5]) and that it is only logical that it takes measures preventing the country invading it from getting more revenue to continue doing so. And Moldova already satisfies its gas needs through the Iași–Chișinău pipeline since 2023. Super Ψ Dro 13:26, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]