From the Moldova Bureau of Statistics..."On Monday Russia and Ukraine signed a deal on the deployment of a EU-brokered gas monitoring mission which was to enable the resumption of Russian gas supplies. Russia cut off gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine last week amidst a row with Kiev over unpaid bills and transit prices."
While there are so many people who have suffered as a result of this crisis, we have been quite lucky. The IMB team house (where we are currently staying) did not miss one single day of heat or hot water. Our friend Oleg, who also lives in Chisinau, lost his gas supply early on and, clearly, was greatly uncomfortable. With temperatures reaching as low as around 12 degrees, no heat or hot water is disastrous. I am just happy to know that this crisis is coming to an end and that people will once again be more able to meet their basic needs.
Being so close to such a struggle was definitely an intense reality. I have never had to worry about whether or not I would have a warm house to go home to at the end of the day. Can you imagine not being able to secure this luxury at all? When we delivered food one week ago to families, the two homes that I went into did not have heating in any form aside from a small stove that they also use for cooking their meals. I wonder what they thought about the world going crazy over the fact that people had their access to natural gas taken away when they never had it in the first place?
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