it would be fine if the imports were somehow separated, but they weren't. it was a whole deal, signed long time ago between russian and moldovan companies, and the gas was later distributed internally inside moldova. so the gazprom gas was imported, it went to moldova proper and transnistria (which uses it to produce electricity in some parts of moldova proper as well), and the moldovan side decided to break down the existing contract with gazprom to divide the contract on what transnistria should pay and what moldova should pay, without discussing this with the russian side. then they claim that moldova has zero debt to gazprom. eastern european politics are filled to the brim with bullshit like that, and then they want to be taken seriously and are further encouraged by the "international" stage.
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