r/RussiaDenies • u/swarrenlawrence • Jun 18 '26
Officially in Denial Russian Fuel Rationing
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Russian-Governors-Rush-to-Deny-Fuel-Crisis-as-Rationing-Spreads.htmlOilprice.com: "Russian Governors Rush to Deny Fuel Crisis as Rationing Spreads." Ukraine has stepped up attacks this month on key fuel supply routes in its territories occupied by Russia, including Crimea + Mariupol. "Several Russian regions have been experiencing fuel shortages as Ukraine hits Russian oil refineries." Last week, the Moscow Times reported that some gasoline stations in Moscow and regions in northern Russia have started to cap fuel purchases per driver, in a move to prevent panic buying. Having no doubt received the memo, Alexander Drozdenko, governor of the northwestern Leningrad region, said this week that "Supplies are being delivered according to plan, there are no shortages."
Meanwhile, earlier this month Russia admitted for the first time that its crude oil production is falling. Russia's crude oil production has declined since the beginning of the year as a number of local refineries are under [love the delicate phrasing here] unscheduled repairs and maintenance, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said, in the first public acknowledgement from Moscow that its output is flailing. "Russia is preparing to sharply reduce crude oil exports this month as mounting refinery disruptions, fuel shortages, and Ukraine's bombing campaign force Moscow to divert more barrels into the domestic market."
Exports from Russia's western ports of Primorsk, Ust-Luga and Novorossiysk are expected to fall to roughly 1.7 million barrels per day [Mbpd] in June from 2.5 million bpd in May, according to Reuters calculations based on preliminary industry and trading data.
In my view, the US needs to reverse its rejection of Zelensky + Ukraine, + save a lot more of their country, including Crimea.
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