An audit carried out by an international firm has disproved Russian gas giant Gazprom’s claim that the Moldovan government owes it $800 million, Moldovan President Maia Sandu was quoted as saying.
The former Soviet republic, which lies between Ukraine and EU member Romania, used to buy Russian natural gas.
However in 2021, Gazprom and its Moldovan subsidiary said it had accumulated hundreds of millions of dollars in debt that had to be rpaid to ensure further stable supplies.
Gazprom said the debt was $709 million a year ago, although interest may have pushed the sum up.
Sandu said at a public meeting that an audit disproved those claims. She did not say whether there was a smaller debt, and if so, how much that was.
