Yaroslav Trofimov
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215 appearances
7 recordings
3 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 1 Jul
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So every night there are now hundreds and hundreds of drones crossing the Russian airspace and hitting various targets, including the energy infrastructure, including refineries, and knocking them off one by one.
And the refining capacity was huge.
higher than the consumption, but not that much higher.
And so now all of a sudden you have a crisis.
It's the first time since this war began four and a half years ago that every single ordinary Russian is feeling the impact of the conflict in Ukraine.
Because every single person either needs to fill up their car or is taking public transportation.
So for the last couple of weeks, motorists in Moscow either roam looking for an open gas station.
And if they found one, they would spend one or two or three hours waiting in line.
The situation is much worse in other parts of Russia.
In parts of Siberia, motorists are reporting that they're spending one or two nights waiting to fill up.
And across Russia, there are now limits on how much gasoline you can put into your car.
And at the same time, the black market is now springing up across the country.
So for the first time since the 1990s, Russia is now planning to import gasoline.
It has already banned the export of gasoline, and it's also planning to ban the export of diesel fuel.
Russia produces much more diesel than gasoline, so the shortage of diesel is not as acute, but it's also starting to be felt.
And that's a remarkable thing.
The late Senator John McCain used to call Russia a gas station masquerading as a country.
Well, guess what?
Russia, because of this war, has run out of gas.
So that's a huge blow to the image of the government.
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