There is a fuel shortage in Russia. The government is delaying renovations and restricting exports
Minister Sergei Cyviliov announced that additional actions were taken to limit the increase in fuel prices. These include improvements in logistics and acceleration of deliveries to various regions of the country.
In September, a partial restriction on the export of diesel oil was introduced and restrictions on the export of gasoline were extended until the end of the year.
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Ukrainian drone attacks
The problems of the Russian oil sector result from Ukrainian attacks on refineries, pipelines and fuel storage facilities. The deficiencies include: in occupied Crimea, the European part of Russia and the Far East, and in the entire country they are estimated at at least 20 percent.
Ukraine attacks Russian refineries mainly using unmanned aerial vehicles of its own production, which are able to reach targets even 1,500-2,000 km away from the front line.
Dr. Bogucki, an analyst at the e-petrol.pl portal, admits in an interview with Business Insider Polska that drone attacks on refineries in Russia are spectacular. — This is certainly a problem for Russia, because Moscow exported oil to China and other Asian countries – and these countries de facto financed the war in Ukraine – says.
— Now these exports are increasingly limited by Ukrainian attacks – and this is a big problem for the Russian budget – he adds.
You can read more about it here: Will the refinery attacks bring Putin to his knees? The analyst talks about the real scale of the Kremlin's problem
As if Russia's fuel problems weren't enough, US President Donald Trump announced that India has pledged to stop purchasing Russian oil. He said that this decision was communicated to him by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a conversation on Wednesday. Trump also criticized Vladimir Putin's policies, calling the ongoing war “ridiculous” and unfavorable to the image of the Russian leader.
