Moldova's parliament approved Friday a 60-day state of emergency as an expected cut of Russian gas to the power station that supplies a majority of its electricity could trigger blackouts.

The former Soviet republic already had its Russian gas supplies cut off after Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, but still relies upon a gas power plant located in its pro-Moscow breakaway region of Transnistria for electricity.

Those electricity supplies are now at risk as Ukraine stops shipping Russian gas to Europe and Moscow doesn't pursue alternative supply routes to the power plant due to an old commercial........

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