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Kremlin urgently summons oil executives as gasoline crisis spirals out of control
Fuel problems in Russia are no longer local - a nationwide crisis is beginning, and authorities are losing control.
Russia’s fuel crunch is worsening fast: gasoline has vanished in four regions, forcing officials to call oil company leaders to an emergency government meeting. It’s the second such summons this month, signaling alarm in high offices as the situation appears to slip out of control.
Interfax reports the meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak took place on Monday, …
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First Russian region halts gasoline sales amid fuel crunch
In the Kuril District, which covers most of the Kuril Islands and is part of Russia’s Sakhalin region, authorities have suspended retail sales of AI-92 gasoline to residents.
“Right now, retail sales of AI-92 gasoline to the public are temporarily suspended — the entire stock is needed for special vehicles,” Konstantin Istomin, head of the Kuril Municipal District, said on Telegram at about 10:00 local time (02:00 MSK) on Monday, August 25.
He added that “after lunch a new batch of gasoline …