  025/jan/02/moldovan-region-transnis tria-shuts-down-its-industries-afte r-loss-of-russian-gas the mainly russian-speaking territory of about 450,000 people, which split from moldova in the 1990s as the soviet union collapsed, has suffered a painful and immediate hit from wednesdays cut-off of russian gas supplies to central and eastern europe via ukraine. all industrial enterprises are idle, with the exception of those engaged in food production  that is, directly ensuring food security for transdnistria, sergei obolonik, first deputy prime minister of the region, told a local news channel. it is too early to judge how the situation will develop ... the problem is so extensive that if it is not resolved for a long time, we will already have irreversible changes  that is, enterprises will lose their ability to start up.
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