Gazprom: Moldova’s Current Payment for Gas Hasn’t Been Received So Far

Gazprom still has not received the current payment for gas from Moldova. The 48-hour period after the notification of the termination of supplies due to non-payment expires today. This was announced by the Gazprom official representative, Sergei Kupriyanov, tass.ru reports. “The current payment for gas from Moldova has not been received. The 48-hour period after the notification about the termination of supplies due to non-payment expires today,” he said. Recall, on Monday Gazprom notified Moldova about the possible termination of gas supplies in 48 hours due to the lack of payment under the current contract. In October, Gazprom and Moldovagaz extended the gas supply contract for five years. An important point of the agreement is that Moldova makes current payments for gas on time, but on November 22 the payment wasn’t received, the Russian gas holding noted. This is about $ 74 million, which includes payment for gas consumed in October and prepayment for November. According to Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Spinu, these funds have already been found and will soon be transferred to the Moldovagaz account. However, this decision must be approved by the MPs, who will gather for a meeting on Thursday, he said. Spinu plans to explain to the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller the reasons for the delay in payments for gas and ask for a delay for a couple of days. The untimely revision of tariffs, which are regulated by a special agency in Moldova, has formed a gap between payments and consumed volumes – this is how Moldovagaz explained the situation with late payments. Point