Moldova will pay 15.7 million lei for an audit of the Moldovagaz debts, commissioned to the Norwegian firm Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma and the UK-based Forensic Risk Alliance. Under the contract, the two companies undertake to audit the debts for the gas supplied to Moldova, excluding the Transnistrian region, by January 30, 2023.

The contract value, 15,742,640 lei to be precise, was announced on the website of the Public Services Agency. The two consulting firms have been commissioned following direct negotiation procedures, as decided by the State of Emergency Commission.

The current Moldovagaz’s deal with Gazprom was signed in October 2021 for a period of five years. It comes with an annex that mandates an independent audit of Moldovagaz’s outstanding debt to Gazprom for gas supplied since 1993. Following the audit, a debt schedule will be discussed.