Chaotic scenes at gas stations: 25 Russian regions are running out of gasoline and diesel.For many months, Ukraine has been targeting Russian refineries, oil depots, and fuel storage facilities. Apparently with success: motorists are increasingly finding themselves high and dry at gas stations. "We may soon have to shut down agricultural operations," the agricultural industry warns. Major cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg are affected. According to the independent Russian exile media outlet "The Bell," the central Russian regions of Ryazan and Oryol are also impacted, as are Pskov and Novgorod in the country's northwest. Karelia, on the Finnish border, and Murmansk, located within the Arctic Circle, are likewise restricting fuel sales. Reports indicate that fuel is becoming scarce not only in the Russian border regions of Kursk, Belgorod, and Voronezh but also in distant areas such as Krasnoyarsk and Tomsk in Siberia and Kamchatka in the Far East. Worst fuel crisis in 21 yearsIgor Lipsiz, one of Russia's well-known economic experts, says a third of what Russia can produce and refine is gone. He speaks of the worst fuel crisis in Russia in 21 years. At the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in early June, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, who is responsible for energy issues, acknowledged that Russian oil production is currently lower than usual. However, according to him, this is due to "unscheduled maintenance" at several refineries, not Ukrainian attacks. 😂
