Fuel deficit in russia exposes the repressive nature of the police state - CPD
Kyiv • UNN
In russian regions, police fine people for storing gasoline canisters and detain them for attempting to complain about unequal access to fuel. Moscow and St. Petersburg received priority supply, while gas stations are closing in other regions.
The fuel deficit has exposed the worst traits of a police state, quickly reminding "ordinary Russians" of their place in the food chain of the Kremlin regime. This is reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (CCD), informs UNN.
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It is noted that while Moscow has been switched to a priority supply mode so that the capital's bureaucratic elite does not feel discomfort, in the regions, security forces have launched a real hunt for people trying to somehow survive amid the fuel crisis.
For example, in the Pskov region, the police conduct raids on garages and private plots, fining people for storing cans of gasoline due to alleged violations of fire safety requirements. In fact, an attempt to create a minimal fuel reserve is punished as a crime
It is pointed out that the situation in Volgograd was no less indicative: there, the police detained five people who tried to record a video appeal to the head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin. The reason for the outrage is that local officials are allowed to fill full tanks using fuel cards, while ordinary drivers are refused.
"The result of an attempt to 'complain to the master' is predictable - punishment for an 'unauthorized rally' and administrative arrests. Any crisis situations in Russia instantly remove the facade of 'unity' and show the real hierarchy. Ordinary citizens are assigned the role of a disenfranchised resource," the CCD states.
Recall
Moscow and St. Petersburg received priority gasoline supply, while in other regions of the Russian Federation, up to 50% of gas stations are closing. In the Perm region and Karelia, deaths of elderly people in queues for fuel have been recorded.