Russians Are Now Being Fined and Detained for Complaining in Public About the Shortage of Petrol at All
Gasoline is available at 28% of filling stations as Russia imposes rationing, bans exports and detains residents over complaints, officials and reports said.
- Ukraine's intensified drone campaign has triggered severe fuel shortages across Russia, forcing authorities to implement rationing and purchase limits in at least 12 regions on Wednesday.
- Strikes on key oil refineries, including facilities in Bashkortostan and Orsk, have slashed domestic production to multi-decade lows, disrupting supplies for an estimated 50 million people.
- Gasoline availability plummeted to 28 per cent by mid-August, down from 41 per cent the previous week, while officials reauthorized banned 'low-grade fuel' to balance supply.
- Police are detaining residents in Volgograd and Perm for filming video appeals about empty pumps, labeling these complaints as 'unauthorized public gatherings' and issuing fines.
- Despite Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissing the attacks as 'non-critical' this week, the Kremlin has deployed Rosgvardia paramilitary units to 13 gas stations amid rising social disorder.
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Moscow is censoring the displeasure of the population, which is growing due to fuel shortages caused by Ukrainian attacks on fuel warehouses and refineries.
Damage to refineries and logistics forces the country to import from India and Kazakhstan. Return to normal is far away
Russians Are Now Being Fined and Detained for Complaining in Public About the Shortage of Petrol at All
Ukraine announced another successful long-term attack on Russian infrastructure on Wednesday, hitting the Taneco oil refinery in Russia’s Tatarstan region, Bloomberg News reported. The facility is 900 kilometers (560 miles) east of Moscow, according to a map posted to Telegram by the General Staff in Kyiv. M109 Artillery Creative Commons Photo. In another strike the same night closer to home, Ukraine struck the Tamanneftegaz oil terminal on the …
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