The Kremlin denies there is a fuel crisis, despite hours-long lines at gas stations
A fuel crisis continues in Russia, accompanied by gasoline shortages, restrictions on its sale, and hours-long lines at gas stations. Despite this, Russian officials are making contradictory statements about the situation.
Yesterday, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov stated that Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak is personally overseeing efforts to stabilize the fuel market on a daily basis. According to him, this issue is regularly discussed both at meetings with the Russian president and at government sessions.
“Alexander Novak, in fact, deals with these issues manually on a daily basis. A set of measures to stabilize the fuel market is discussed both at the president’s meeting and at Novak’s daily meetings,” Peskov noted.
However, the very next day, Novak himself stated that there is allegedly no gasoline shortage in the country. These statements came amid reports of serious fuel shortages in a number of Russian regions, where drivers are forced to wait in line for hours, and some gas stations have imposed restrictions on gasoline sales.
“Currently, we are experiencing isolated shortages and disruptions at some gas stations on the domestic market […]. These are being quickly resolved. Overall, our domestic market is well-supplied with both gasoline and diesel fuel,” Novak asserts.
This is reported by Russian propaganda media.
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