The head of "Moldovagaz" asked the government for a loan of $ 74 million to pay for gas

RIA Novosti reports.

“In September we covered the debt on our own, now we work together with the government, now we have to pay for October and mid-November.

We turned to the National Commission for Emergency Situations, to the government to receive assistance in the form of a loan, we owe 1.3 billion lei, ”Ceban said on TV.

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.