Russian Drivers Stalled By Another Wave Of Fuel Shortages
- Russian courts are penalizing citizens who publicly protest gasoline shortages, with authorities in Volgograd and Perm issuing fines to residents attempting to draw attention to fuel supply problems.
- Ukrainian drone attacks forced at least 26 oil refineries to shut down, causing fuel shortages to spread across at least 10 regions and prompting authorities to tighten sales controls.
- On July 16, five Volgograd residents recorded an appeal to Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin complaining that city officials used fuel cards while ordinary motorists faced rationing.
- Authorities classified the gatherings as an "unauthorized public event," fining residents Tatyana Smetanko and Lev Samolovskikh 10,000 rubles each for attempting to highlight the fuel crisis.
- Scheduled maintenance at several Russian and Belarusian refineries threatens to further reduce domestic supplies, potentially intensifying the fuel crisis in the coming weeks.
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In June, Moscow managed to ease previous restrictions, but now the problem has returned. Gasoline sales have been restricted again in Moscow and surrounding regions. Some gas stations have already imposed fuel volume limits, and queues have formed outside the stations, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing Reuters. According to Reuters sources and fuel suppliers, the new restrictions are related to gasoline shortages. Among the reasons cited are attacks b…
Russian Drivers Stalled By Another Wave Of Fuel Shortages
Russian drivers are facing more long waits and lines at gas stations in several regions amid continuing Ukrainian air attacks on refineries. They describe another wave of fuel shortages and Kremlin-imposed limits on gas station sales.
(Istanbul=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Dong-ho = As the fuel shortage continues in the aftermath of airstrikes in Ukraine targeting Russia's energy infrastructure, major Russian cities...
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