The Russians are starting to prepare for a new fuel crisis, which against the background of the previous shortage of gasoline may seem like minor trouble. Some areas are already restricting the sale of fuel, and now there is the threat of a much greater shortage.
During the last two weeks, the armed forces of Ukraine attacked Russian refineries, which account for about 55% of the country's gasoline production, analyst Sergey Vakulenko estimated.
And if a significant part of this capacity is indeed out of use, the government will have to effectively deprive drivers of the ability to buy gasoline freely, and redistribute the remaining fuel to the most important consumers.
But the real blow will come not only to the car owners. Without enough fuel, transportation, factory supplies, and entire production chains will begin to suffer. And the consequences will inevitably affect the cost of goods and the general state of the economy.
Vakulenko warns that if such attacks are repeated every two to three weeks, Russia will face a "fundamentally new reality."
Then we will no longer talk about expensive gasoline, but about the ability of the economy to function normally in the face of a chronic lack of fuel.
Ξeconomics.