Russia Fuel Shortages
- Pavel Bednyakov - AP
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Cars line up at a Lukoil gas station in Moscow, Monday, June 29, 2026.
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Lines are growing at Russian gas stations -- and so is the frustration and uncertainty as several months of Ukrainian attacks have set oil refineries ablaze and choked supplies for motorists across the vast country. Fuel rationing has been introduced in many regions, with hourslong queues of cars snaking beside roads. Social media videos show drivers aghast at the length of the lines or swearing at empty gas pumps and rising prices. The fuel crisis — unprecedented for a nation that's one of the world’s biggest energy producers — has brought Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine home to ordinary Russians. It drew a rare admission from President Vladimir Putin, who acknowledged the problems for motorists and businesses.
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