Fuel crisis reaches Moscow as shortages spread across Russia

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A fuel crisis has been escalating in Russia amid continued Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries, with shortages of motor fuel similar to those previously reported in the temporarily occupied city of Sevastopol and Crimea now spreading to Russia's capital region.

Source: The Moscow Times, an independent Amsterdam-based news outlet; Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency Interfax

Quote: "In New Moscow, petrol stations have started putting up notices limiting petrol sales to 60 litres per person and diesel fuel to 100 litres. These fuel sale rules will remain in place 'until further notice', the notices indicate." [New Moscow is an area covering territories that were transferred to the Russian capital Moscow in 2012 in the course of the project to expand the territory of the city of Moscow.]

Details: Prior to this, the Russian-appointed authorities in Sevastopol initially limited petrol sales to 20 litres per person and introduced ration coupons for diesel fuel. They later reported a "temporary" shortage of AI-92 and AI-95 petrol.