Gasoline and diesel shortages have reportedly struck several southern Russian regions as well as the annexed peninsula.
, on Monday. In an accompanying video appearing to show a gas station in Crimea, a female voice asks,"What is happening to gas stations in Crimea?"In late August, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported that Crimea was facing a gas shortage following a Ukrainian, which connects mainland Russia to Crimea, the previous month. Residents said some gas stations had run entirely out of supplies, the outlet reported.
A car passes by a gas station on August 10, 2015, in Yalta, Crimea. Crimean residents are paying much higher prices for scarce diesel supplies, Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's Interior Ministry, said.reported on August 22 that"more and more regions of Russia" were experiencing shortages at gas stations.
"This is due to delays in delivery by rail – trains from Central Russia with petroleum products take several weeks longer than usual, which is why there is a shortage of supplies," an unnamed source described as a"business representative," toldIn late August, Reuters reported that Russia also faced fuel shortages across its mainland southern regions as its agricultural sector grappled for fuel supplies for the harvest season.
Residents of temporarily occupied Crimea complain that diesel has disappeared from the peninsula. When they manage to find it, the prices are much higher than they used to be.
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