Ukraine’s decision to end the gas transit deal with Russian energy giant Gazprom has been hailed by President Volodymyr Zelensky as one of Moscow’s biggest defeats. Today, the transit of Russian gas is zero.

Nearly all employees of Russian energy giant Gazprom, who work on the Nord Stream and Turkish Stream gas pipelines, left the European Union last year. Source: Russian online newspaper The Moscow Times,

Ukrainian transit gas deal to Europe ended on Jan. 1. For now, the most acute effects are being felt in a region called Transnistria, on the eastern edge of Moldova.

Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom says it will halt gas supplies to Moldova starting on Jan. 1, citing alleged unpaid debt by the east European country.

Vladimir Putin’s Russia is embroiled in war and plagued by systemic decay — and Donald Trump can exploit its weakness to end its campaign of global instability.

Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Saturday it would suspend gas exports to Moldova from 0500 GMT on Jan. 1 due to unpaid debt by Moldova, which is bracing for severe power cuts.

Gazprom said Moldovagaz “regularly fails to fulfill its payment obligations under the existing contract, which is a significant breach of its terms.”View on euronews

Moldovans are bracing for a difficult winter ahead as a looming energy shortage could leave them without enough energy.

Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom says it will halt gas supplies to Moldova starting on Jan. 1, citing alleged unpaid debt by the east European country Russia’s state-owned energy ...

German energy company Uniper has voiced concerns that countries friendly to Russia could seize its chartered LNG carriers following a court dispute in the first quarter of last year. A Russian court imposed a penalty of €14bn ($14.6m) on Uniper in March as part of a row with a subsidiary of state-backed gas company Gazprom.

A court in Switzerland has extended the deadline for Nord Stream 2 AG, a unit of Russia's Gazprom , to restructure its debts to May 9 from Jan. 10, according to a court ruling.