'No heating, no light': Moldovans fear looming energy shortage as...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : "Moldova has repeatedly claimed Russia is conducting a vast "hybrid war" against the country by meddling in elections, funding anti-government protests, and running vast disinformation campaigns to try to topple the government and derail the country's EU aspirations.
50% : On Dec. 13, Moldova´s parliament voted in favor of imposing a state of emergency in the energy sector, as the looming crisis threatened to leave the former Soviet republic without sufficient energy this winter, sparking fears it could trigger a humanitarian crisis in Transnistria, where the impact of the gas cutoff could be immediately felt.
41% : On Jan. 1, Russia´s state-owned energy giant Gazprom is set to halt gas supplies to the European Union candidate country over an alleged $709 million debt for past supplies, a figure fiercely disputed by Moldova´s pro-Western government, that has accused Moscow of weaponizing energy as a political tool to destabilize the country.

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