Our TRT London: Can Moldova escape Russian energy dependence?

Posted on October 18, 2022 | Leave a comment
Our discussion with David Foster, TRT London, on Putin’s threats against Moldova’s energy supply in winter. Recorded 11 October 2022.

Our panel included the experts:

  • Klaus Larres Professor of History and International Affairs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Lucia Scripcari Analyst on Moldovan Domestic and Foreign Policy
  • Thomas O’Donnell Energy and Geopolitics Analyst, and academic, in Berlin.

The energy security of Moldova, a small, pro-EU state boarding Romania, is precarious and under various and comlpex threats from Russia. This includes direct threats to its gas supplies, which overwhelmingly come from Gazprom.

Meanwhile, Moldova’s 70% of its electricity comes from its region of Transnistria, which is illegally occupied by Russia, and this electricity is produced by gas imported across Moldova by Gazprom.

The remaining 30% of its electricity comes from Ukraine, where recent Russian missile strikes have hit power plants and apparently forced a cut off the Ukrainian electricity supplies to Moldova on the day before we recorded this show.

Here are several links I used in my preparation for this discussion. (Not a recommendation of any particular source; but a list for further research – Best, Tom O’D.

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