Thus, he commented on the words of the chairman of the Moldovan opposition party Shor, Ilan Shor, about his readiness to go to Moscow to discuss the issue of gas supplies from Russia to Moldova.

According to Pushkov, such statements sound strange, since Moldovan President Maia Sandu does not hide the anti-Russian course of his policy.

“What is the point for us to support the pro-Western course of present-day Moldova with gas supplies?” he wrote in Telegram.

Pushkov stressed that if Moscow makes concessions, it will only get a strengthening of this pro-Western course in return.

“No gratitude, no change of policy from Sandu is not to be expected.

So, do we need to finance such a course?” the senator stated.

Earlier, Gazprom allowed Moldovagaz to defer until September 1 the advance payment for gas supplies in August.