Gazprom asked Moldovagaz to change the point of entry of natural gas into the Republic of Moldova in the first days of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the Russian company wants to supply gas to Moldova through the Transnistrian region, President Maia Sandu said on Wednesday evening. on Jurnal TV.

Moscow was then convinced that the Russian military would quickly arrive in Transnistria, and wanted to control this point of entry of natural gas into the Republic of Moldova, the head of state explained.

“In the first days of the war, a letter was received from Gazprom to Moldovagaz with a request to change the contract, namely to change the point of entry of natural gas into the Republic of Moldova in the contract.

The entry point is in the north of the Republic of Moldova, and in the first days of the war, Gazprom wanted to change the entry point in the contract to a segment of the Transnistrian region, because it believed that they would get there in a short time. very short time and wanted to control this point, as well as the flow of natural gas to the Republic of Moldova.

They were told that no one was interested in changing the contract, and everything remained as it was at first. Later, the Russians also realized that they had no way to reach the border with the Republic of Moldova,” President Maia Sandu said in an interview with Jurnal TV. (News.ro.)