Transdniestria extends economic state of emergency for another month
CHISINAU. May 12 (Interfax) - Transdniestria's Supreme Council will approve a decree issued by the region's president, Vadim Krasnoselsky, extending the economic state of emergency until June 17 inclusive at an emergency meeting on Wednesday, the council's press service said in a statement.
"The economic situation remains challenging. Socioeconomic indicators continue to deteriorate. This is due to the reduction in natural gas supplies to our country," the statement said.
The Transdniestrian legislature will consider amendments to the law on the republican budget for 2026 with the aim of cutting budget expenditures. "The bill was submitted as a matter of legislative necessity. The main concept is cost optimization," it said.
As previously reported, on April 16, the Transdniestrian Supreme Council extended the economic state of emergency for another 30 days, until May 18 inclusive.
Transdniestria introduced a state of economic emergency on December 11, 2024, for 30 days due to a risk of ceasing Russian gas supplies, which happened on January 1, 2025. Since then, the state of emergency was extended five times and lifted only on June 8, 2025. It was reinstated on December 18, 2025 for 90 days following a reduction in gas supply. This year, the state of emergency was extended for 30 days on March 20 and on April 16.
The Transdniestrian authorities at the end of February said that a strict gas conservation regime was being introduced in Transdniestria owing to disruptions in the supply chain managed by the Hungarian company MET Gas and Energy Marketing AG, with the participation of financial intermediary companies, including those registered in the United Arab Emirates. The Transdniestrian leadership previously said that gas supplies to the region were occurring with the financial support of Russia.
The authorities of right-bank Moldova declared a state of emergency in the energy sector on March 25 for 60 days, but lifted it a month later.
Meanwhile, as previously reported, amid a systemic energy and economic crisis, Transdniestria's Prime Minister Alexander Rozenberg appealed to businesses and the public to donate funds to support protected state budget expenditures - pensions, benefits, and salaries. He stated that budget and economic indicators were approaching critically low levels, with the decline in industry and foreign trade exceeding 25%. The electric power industry, ferrous metallurgy, chemical industry and mechanical engineering have the main industrial influence on Transdniestria's economy.
