The issue of providing the republic with natural gas was discussed in the course of the meeting under the President. As Minister of Economic Development Sergey Obolonik reported, the current situation is difficult, forecasts for the near future do not add positive. PJSC "Gazprom" decided to reduce the volume of gas supplied to Pridnestrovie – in October by 30%, in November - by 40% compared to the same periods of previous years. The deficit of the current month is 36 million cubic meters, the expected deficit for November is 55 million cubic meters of gas. The leadership of the republic sent letters to Russian addressees with requests, but it is necessary to proceed from the existing state of affairs at the moment. The only way out is saving. The PMR President emphasized that the priority should be the population. Natural gas consumption at this stage will be reduced at the expense of industry. It was decided to temporarily reduce its supply to a number of large enterprises, such as MMZ, Cement plant of Rybnitsa, MGRES.
The supply of heat to social institutions has begun despite the problematic situation in the sphere of thermal power engineering. The heating season has already started for Mother and Child Centers. Kindergartens, schools, boarding schools, homes for permanent residence of single and elderly citizens, hospitals and clinics are connected to the system today. Heating will come to residential buildings on Friday already on the 21st of October.
Vadim Krasnoselsky informed that negotiations with the Russian side to clarify the situation with gas supplies and the prospects for its development are ongoing.
