02:36A protest against the gas tariff growth broke out in front of the Moldovan parliament building in Chisinau on Saturday.
Footage shows protesters piling dung on a square in front of the parliament and sticking signs saying 'heat yourselves by your own' in the pile.
Some rally participants can be seen shouting slogans, raising banners and holding red and white flags with the emblem of the opposition 'Citizens' Congress' party.
One of the protesters, Pavel Pilipenko, said he took part in the rally as the situation with the gas price increase makes life "too difficult" and the waiting for the next elections is "too long".
Another protester, Ivan Zhosan, pointed out that the rally was held "to show people that it is enough to put up with price increases, which are now devastating for our population".
"Every day the situation in the country is getting more and more difficult, thus bringing us closer to the limit, bringing us closer to death," the protester stressed.
Earlier, on January 28, the National Energy Regulatory Agency of Moldova (ANRE) approved an increase in gas and heating tariffs. Both decisions went into effect retroactively as of January 1.
In October 2020, the Russian Gazprom company signed a contract on gas supplies with the Moldovan side for five years, subject to an audit of Moldovagaz's debt in 2022. According to the agreement, Moldova has to pay by the 20th of each month for the gas consumed in the previous month and half of the volume received in the current month.
Moldova: Protesters pile dung in front of parliament building as gas prices rise
A protest against the gas tariff growth broke out in front of the Moldovan parliament building in Chisinau on Saturday.
Footage shows protesters piling dung on a square in front of the parliament and sticking signs saying 'heat yourselves by your own' in the pile.
Some rally participants can be seen shouting slogans, raising banners and holding red and white flags with the emblem of the opposition 'Citizens' Congress' party.
One of the protesters, Pavel Pilipenko, said he took part in the rally as the situation with the gas price increase makes life "too difficult" and the waiting for the next elections is "too long".
Another protester, Ivan Zhosan, pointed out that the rally was held "to show people that it is enough to put up with price increases, which are now devastating for our population".
"Every day the situation in the country is getting more and more difficult, thus bringing us closer to the limit, bringing us closer to death," the protester stressed.
Earlier, on January 28, the National Energy Regulatory Agency of Moldova (ANRE) approved an increase in gas and heating tariffs. Both decisions went into effect retroactively as of January 1.
In October 2020, the Russian Gazprom company signed a contract on gas supplies with the Moldovan side for five years, subject to an audit of Moldovagaz's debt in 2022. According to the agreement, Moldova has to pay by the 20th of each month for the gas consumed in the previous month and half of the volume received in the current month.
A protest against the gas tariff growth broke out in front of the Moldovan parliament building in Chisinau on Saturday.
Footage shows protesters piling dung on a square in front of the parliament and sticking signs saying 'heat yourselves by your own' in the pile.
Some rally participants can be seen shouting slogans, raising banners and holding red and white flags with the emblem of the opposition 'Citizens' Congress' party.
One of the protesters, Pavel Pilipenko, said he took part in the rally as the situation with the gas price increase makes life "too difficult" and the waiting for the next elections is "too long".
Another protester, Ivan Zhosan, pointed out that the rally was held "to show people that it is enough to put up with price increases, which are now devastating for our population".
"Every day the situation in the country is getting more and more difficult, thus bringing us closer to the limit, bringing us closer to death," the protester stressed.
Earlier, on January 28, the National Energy Regulatory Agency of Moldova (ANRE) approved an increase in gas and heating tariffs. Both decisions went into effect retroactively as of January 1.
In October 2020, the Russian Gazprom company signed a contract on gas supplies with the Moldovan side for five years, subject to an audit of Moldovagaz's debt in 2022. According to the agreement, Moldova has to pay by the 20th of each month for the gas consumed in the previous month and half of the volume received in the current month.