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participation of the Iraqi side, we will be unfair and dishonest," said Sandu to Rbc. sheets, hydrogen peroxide, reagents based on
continue building constructive dialogue,” ru. carboxymethylcellulose, sulphate acid and
Shulginov said as quoted by the ministry. "This whole discussion begins about soda from carbon dioxide.
who will pay this huge debt of Transnistria. Work will begin on the second stage of a
It is a big problem and it must be solved,” plant for the production of polyvinyl chloride
commented Sandu. (PVC), caustic soda and methanol and on
EASTERN EUROPE The president-elect reiterated this to forming an enterprise for the production of
other foreign media. The last statement in industrial oils for compressors.
Russia to hike price of oil this regard was for the Evropeiskaia Pravda work on projects should be speeded up by
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said
editorial office.
for Belarus to 88-90% of recognise the gas debt that Transnistria has, bringing foreign partners on board.
Earlier, Sandu said that she does not
Uzbekistan produces around 60bn cubic
the global level in 2021 from as she does not consider it as the debt of the metres of natural gas annually, most of which
Republic of Moldova.
is consumed domestically.
the current 85% including Transnistria, are controlled by that it would stop natural gas exports by
The gas companies in Moldova,
Earlier this year, the government said
The price of Russian oil for Belarus will Gazprom. Russia has agreed to supply gas 2025 and instead use the raw material in
rise to 88-90% of the global level in 2021 to Transnistria as a support for the pro- deep processing to expand the production of
from the current 85%, deputy CEO of state Russian separatist region. Part of the gas has value-added products.
petrochemical company Belneftekhim been used to produce electricity, which was
Svetlana Gurina said on November 26, as sold to Moldova proper.
cited by newswire BELta. Kazakh state-run oil and
"The deputy chairwoman of
Belneftekhim stated that Belarusian gas producer KMG to
refineries buy oil at a price which is 85% CENTRAL ASIA & SOUTH
of the global price, and it will amount to produce 21.7mn tonnes in
88-90% of the global price in 2021," the CAUCASUS
newswire reported as cited by Prime. 2021
Russia is undergoing oil taxation changes Uzbekistan to channel $9bn
that will result in moving the price for Kazakh state-run oil and gas producer
Belarus towards the global level. Minsk into energy sector, seeks KazMunayGas (KMG) plans to produce
estimated losses at up to $11bn in six years, oil at 21.7mn tonnes in 2021, unchanged
the reform period, and at $400mn in both new investors from 2020, provided OPEC+ restrictions
2019 and 2020. remain, the deputy chairman of the Board
Uzbekistan plans to implement 52 projects for Economy and Finance at KMG, Dauren
worth $9bn as it moves into the deep Karabayev, said during an online press
Moldova’s president-elect processing of natural gas and production of conference.
value-added products, the press service of the
The firm’s budget for 2021 is based on the
Sandu says country will not presidential office said on November 25. price of $40 per barrel of Brent. He specified
that this figure corresponds to the level of
Fifteen projects are to be implemented
pay Transnistria’s gas bill in the field of inorganic chemistry, 23 in 2020.
Energy Minister Nurlan Nogayev has
organic chemistry and 12 in the production
Moldova’s president-elect Maia Sandu said of polymers. previously said that a decision to extend or
that Chisinau has no unpaid bill for the One project aims to establish an remove OPEC+ restrictions could be made
natural gas supplied by Russia and it would innovation center that will be engaged in the in December 2020.
be “unfair” to pay for the natural gas used research and development of new types of The minister has also said on November
by the separatist region Transnistria. polymers made with gas feedstock and the 23 that Kazakhstan is considering the
Sandu estimates Transnistria’s unpaid training of specialists. possibility of supplying gas to the Kazakh
bills at $7.5bn, or two-thirds of the The projects would allow the production capital Nur-Sultan via purchasing Turkmen
country’s GDP. of $4.1bn worth goods, the replacement of gas, the Kazakh Ministry of Energy said at an
"On the right bank [of the Dniester imported products worth $1.1bn, the export internet conference on November 23.
river], we have practically no debts to of value-added goods worth $1.45bn and
Gazprom, because we pay and we have paid the creation of 6,500 new jobs, according to
all these years. On the other hand, [those officials.
on] the left bank of the Dniester have not Next year will see projects including the
paid for gas and they have a very large debt. introduction of the production of expanded
Of course, we cannot pay this debt. It would polypropylene, wood-polymer composite

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