Russian Officials Respond to Widespread Fuel Crisis

‘No gas? I remember when food was rationed’: How Russian officials and propagandists are trying to reassure, shame, and intimidate Russians over the fuel crisis

Russia has been in the grip of a fuel crisis since late May. A gasoline shortage, initially localized, has spread across the entire country. Russians are now waiting in enormous lines at gas stations, searching online for ways to make their own gasoline, and even secretly siphoning it from parked cars. The authorities and the state propaganda machine are promising that the problem will soon be solved — while also shaming people for “panic buying” and urging them to be patient, recalling crise...