“Moldova so much and diligently talks about its involvement in Europe, but for some reason how it came to money, it behaves, to put it mildly, not in a European way,” Balbek emphasized.
He added that the Russian side in this case "is demonstrating real European business."
Balbek also expressed the opinion that "now are different times", and Russia lives in accordance with the principles of a market economy, like the EU.
Earlier, Gazprom informed Moldova that it would stop gas supplies in 48 hours due to the failure of the Moldovan side to fulfill its contractual obligations.
According to the agreements concluded earlier, Moldova must pay 100% of the payments on time, this point was not complied with on November 22.
The head of Moldovagaz, Vadim Cheban, then said that the company had received a notification from Gazprom and was working on the problem of non-payment.