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Yesterday — 9 January 2025Main stream

Putin Gets a Snub in the Vast Wine Cellars of a Former Soviet Republic

9 January 2025 at 18:06
The Russian president celebrated his 50th birthday at a winery in Moldova. After the invasion of Ukraine, it moved the bottles he was given away from public view.

© Andreea Campeanu for The New York Times

Visiting the cellars of the Cricova Winery in Moldova. It has previously hosted world leaders including President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Short of Heat and Power, the Breakaway Region of Transnistria Struggles Without Russian Gas

8 January 2025 at 01:51
An energy crisis in Transnistria, a pro-Russian territory between Moldova and Ukraine, erupted on Jan. 1 when Moscow stopped supplying natural gas through a pipeline running across Ukraine.

© Andreea Campeanu for The New York Times

Electricity lines on Friday in Transnistria.
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