Moldova's New Romania Power Line Reduces Dependence on Russia

Not long ago, the Kremlin could cut off Moldova's power with a single switch.

Now it can't. On November eighth, the country launched a new power line that allows electricity from Romania and the European Union to bypass Transnistria, a pro-Russian region where Russian troops are stationed.

This line can supply more than half of all the electricity Moldova uses during peak hours, and President Maia Sandu announced that the country no longer buys Russian gas at all.

Energy is no longer used to blackmail her.

Pro-Russian ex-president Igor Dodon called this cheap propaganda and complains that energy prices have skyrocketed.

But Chișinău is already building two more lines to Romania.

One of them, funded by American money, has been named the Trump Freedom Line.