#ENERGY CRISIS

Transnistria is facing longer periods of rolling power cuts after Russian gas flow stopped. Illustrative image. Photo: Alisa Melikadamian/NikVesti.com/Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images

Transnistria faces extended power cuts after Russian gas flow stops

The pro-Russian breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria, left without Russian gas supplies no longer transiting through neighboring Ukraine, faced longer periods of rolling power cuts on Saturday, local authorities said.

Electricity shortages, common in Abkhazia in the winter months, began in early December. Archive image. Photo: Bernard Bisson/Sygma via Getty Images

Leader of Russian-backed Abkhazia warns of ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ amid energy crisis

The leader of Abkhazia, a breakaway Georgian region backed by Russia, warned on Saturday that the republic was facing a “humanitarian catastrophe” due to a critical shortage of electricity.