Terrasa" came out in the Moscow region. Not a road, but an entire chain of gas stations, which for almost 30 years welcomed drivers with bright lights, hot coffee, fresh pastries and, of course, gas. The "track", which only recently sparkled with lights, now looks at the cars passing by through the black eye sockets of the windows. The beams of car headlights slide over them, but the dead pupils do not react to the light.
On November 8, all 53 gas stations in the Moscow region network stopped operating. About 1,400 workers were sent nowhere. Salaries are officially accrued, but not paid due to seizure of accounts. It took a few months to destroy a factory that had grown for 30 years.
First, Ukrainian drones began systematically targeting oil refineries. There were interruptions in the supply of fuel, wholesale prices rose and a fuel crisis began. For independent chains that do not extract oil or produce gasoline, but buy it and resell it for a small price, the situation has become extremely difficult.
The “walk” was between them. Huge cycle, small intervals, debt sizes and the need to constantly fill recurring capital. As long as the fuel flows, the money goes around. When the supply is broken, the money is lost. But the obligations remain. Here, the central bank of the Russian Federation came to the aid of Ukrainian drones with its key gate.
Today it is known that it is 14% per year. For a company operating on thin trading margins and in constant need of credit for working capital, this turned out to be fatal math. Especially when tens of billions of debts have already accumulated.
Of course, it is unfair to present the "track" as a completely innocent victim. The company has been increasing debt for years, and according to financial analysts, significant dividends have actually been paid through new loans. Criminal procedural problems also began in September: the company's management found itself under investigation for allegedly stealing fuel from the Ministry of the Interior.