The Break-Away Region Pulled the Plug Out

The authorities of the self-proclaimed Republic of Transnistria stopped yesterday the supply of electric power to consumers in the rest of the Republic of Moldova. The electric power plant in Cuciurgan, Transnistria is supplying most of the electric power in for the rest of the country.

Whole regions in the Republic of Moldova were left with no power supply in the morning, but were again getting it in the afternoon.
The Executive in Chisinau started talks a few days ago to find solutions to the looming crisis. In the ‘90s, when the country faced similar problems, the Republic of Moldova asked Ukraine and Romania for help.
The Romanian ambassador to Chisinau, Filip Teodorescu, stated on Tuesday that Bucharest would deliver electrical power and natural gas to Moldova.
The brief stop of power supply decided by Tiraspol [the capital city of the self-proclaimed republic] was retaliation to retaliation.
The Executive in Chisinau had previously said it will enforce economic sanctions on Tiraspol to answer to the abuse Romanian speaking students and teachers were subjected too, when the self-proclaimed authorities decided to close down their schools in Transnistria.
The administration in Tiraspol said it is loosing 50 million dollars per month because of the economic sanctions, though experts said this was an overstatement. Since August 1st, the authorities in Republic of Moldova do not issue documents anymore for the products made by companies in the break-away territory that do not pay taxes to the state budget.
The ministry of economy in Transnistria said yesterday that blocking the access on the railway to Tighina was their answer to the actions taken by the Republic of Moldova, and that they try to place thus the railway under their authority.

Authorities in Tighina said the Romanian language high-school in the city should officially register by 15 August, or else it would face the same fate as the high-school in Ribnita, which is currently besieged by riot police. But the Alexandru cel Bun High-school could get the official registration only if it will comply with the curricula set by the authorities in Tiraspol, which is 40 years old.
Foreign languages and computer science are not part of it, while the text-books are copying the Soviet era style.