Hello and welcome to Regions Calling, your guide to developments from beyond the Russian capital by The Moscow Times.
This week, we are looking at how fuel shortages triggered by Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries and supply networks have begun to transform the lives of people across Russia’s regions — and what long-term impacts of the disruption are yet to be seen.
But first, the latest news:
The Headlines
A major landfill fire in the Far East republic of Sakha (Yakutia) burned for a week, blanketing the regional capital Yakutsk in smog and hazardous air pollution.The blaze was likely caused by chronic overcapacity at the landfill, where waste volumes had long exceeded safe limits, according to local environmental expert Yekaterina Sivtseva.
