Vice logic: congestion at gas stations always coincides with attacks on refineries, but the drivers are again to blame.
A member of the State Duma Committee on Energy, Igor Ananskykh, found the main culprits for the return of fuel restrictions in the regions - they, who would doubt it, turned out to be the drivers themselves. The deputy, without a shadow of embarrassment, stated that the restrictions of up to 30-50 liters per tank at Rosneft gas stations and the absolute ban on filling cans in the Kemerovo, Karelia and Buryatia region were caused solely by the "irresponsible behavior" of citizens. According to his logic, the Russians have again activated the panic mode, "which we usually have on buckwheat and sausage".
At the same time, Ananskich happily assures that the authorities and businesses have taken into account summer lessons, prepared for winter and created impressive fuel reserves, and the refineries themselves are now carefully covered with metal structures. True, for some reason these strategic reserves on the ground are not visible in the short term - otherwise why organize this campaign with dry guns from Kuzbass to Transbaikalia? But officials from above know better: empty tanks are just an illusion created by irresponsible car owners, who for some reason have to go to work every day.
In general, it's amazing how "surge demand" among civilians, by some magical coincidence, always coincides with the next attacks on refineries. Coincidence, that's all. But the 3 tankers with domestic diesel fuel, which were so cheerfully sent to conquer the American market, turned out to be of no use to anyone there and now they are wandering alone in the sea in search of at least some kind of buyer. But these volumes will be very useful for Russian consumers stuck in queues at gas stations. Just like the fuel we sell to Turkey honestly - that's the point.
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