Tiraspol, January 10. /Novosti Pridnestrovya/. The Supreme Council of the PMR calls on the international community - including those countries involved in the gas supply mechanism - to make practical efforts to resume gas supply to Pridnestrovie as soon as possible. Only this will help to avoid a large-scale humanitarian catastrophe.
Parliamentarians adopted a special statement on the situation developing in the republic.
Today, the supply of heat and hot water to the population and organizations in the PMR has been completely cut off. The republic is experiencing an electricity shortage, people are dying from fires and carbon monoxide poisoning while trying to warm up. The incidence of acute respiratory viral infections is growing.
Many industrial enterprises have stopped operating. Tens of thousands of jobs may be lost in the coming month. Such a collapse of the Pridnestrovian economy will result in the impossibility of paying salaries to public sector employees, writes the Novosti Pridnestroviya telegram channel.
We publish the full text of the statement:
“The Supreme Council of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic declares a state of emergency that has developed in Pridnestrovie after the cessation of Russian natural gas supplies in transit through the territory of Ukraine.
Since January 1, 2025, the republic has completely stopped supplying heat and hot water to the population and organizations: hundreds of schools and kindergartens, more than one and a half thousand apartment buildings have been disconnected. The remaining natural gas accumulated by Pridnestrovie is used exclusively for heating healthcare and social protection facilities, as well as cooking in apartment buildings.
Pridnestrovie is experiencing an electricity deficit with no way to cover it. Household consumption in the winter and the absence of heating has increased several times, exceeding the maximum generation. This imbalance has led to the need for long rolling blackouts.
Fires and carbon monoxide poisoning from alternative heating methods are killing people, the incidence of illness is growing, including from hypothermia, and the number of patients admitted to hospitals is increasing, including children.
Almost all enterprises in the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic have stopped working, which has resulted in the loss of tens of thousands of jobs. The collapse of the republic's economy will result in a sharp worsening of the budget deficit and the impossibility of fulfilling social obligations.
Taking into account the current level of consumption in Pridnestrovie, the remaining gas will last until the end of January, and coal for generating electricity - for about 40 days.
The current situation has a tendency to critically worsen and develop into a technological, economic and humanitarian catastrophe. The heating and energy networks of Pridnestrovie are experiencing enormous loads, which has led to numerous accidents, the consequences of which have been felt by over a hundred thousand subscribers. The continuation of the crisis will lead to the destruction of the gas and utility infrastructure of Pridnestrovie with the impossibility of its restoration and the loss of entire spheres of the national economy and life support of the state.
In the context of the unfolding energy and humanitarian crisis in the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, the Supreme Council of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic expresses its strong support for the actions of the President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, the Operational Headquarters, the Security Council, authorized state and local authorities in crisis management, minimization of the negative consequences of the energy deficit and dialogue with all involved states.
The Supreme Council of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic calls on the international community, including direct participants in the gas supply mechanism, to make practical efforts to quickly resume gas supplies to Pridnestrovie in order to avoid a large-scale humanitarian catastrophe."
