Russian government officials, state employees, and emergency services have begun receiving priority access at several gas stations, while ordinary drivers face extended queues, local journalists reported.According to The Moscow Times on Thursday, select gas stations have implemented tiered access. In Saratov, at a gas station owned by oil conglomerate Rosneft, gasoline is primarily dispensed to special vehicles, including emergency services, police, and state employees.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.Journalists observed vehicles belonging to the district administration, public service centers, and Russian Post receiving priority. According to eyewitnesses, one customer gained access to fuel by providing the verbal passcode “Government.”Similar restrictions are also in place in other regions.In Volgograd, certain gas stations are exclusively selling fuel to holders of special corporate fuel cards utilized by government authorities, hospitals, and law enforcement agencies.In Krasnodar, state employees are receiving fuel upon presenting official identification, while a highway station between Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg is serving emergency and official vehicles first.Police deployed to manage queuesThe preferential treatment for officials came as Russian authorities attempted to manage the growing fuel crisis.In the Siberian Irkutsk region, police and Russian National Guard units have been deployed around the clock at filling stations to direct traffic, control queues, and enforce a ban on filling external canisters.