Moldova risking electricity shortages

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While some European recipients of Russian gas like Austria and Slovakia have means to replace it, Moldova is dependent on Russian gas and could suffer drastic energy shortages, expert in Russian energy and gas policy Professor Arild Moe says.  #Russia #Ukraine

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00:00The European Commission has said the EU was prepared for Russian gas to stop flowing,

00:06but Moldova is already suffering shortages. Temperatures across Europe are near freezing

00:12in some parts. Can they really survive without Russian gas?

00:17The situation is different in Moldova and in the other receivers of Russian gas, I would say.

00:26When it comes to Slovakia, which obviously is a big importer of Russian gas, and Austria,

00:34they have a possibility to take gas from other sources via the integrated pipeline system in

00:43Europe. But that gas will be more expensive, and that is the problem that the Slovak

00:49Prime Minister is complaining about. It will be substantially more expensive.

00:58When it comes to Moldova, which is supplied by another pipeline through Ukraine,

01:04they don't have immediate replacement capacity. The gas to Moldova is very important for

01:12supplying a big power station, so they are risking a big shortage of electricity.

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