The introduction of gasoline coupons at the level of two entities simultaneously is one of the largest such cases since the collapse of the USSR, reports the portal “Agentstvo”.
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On Saturday evening, Sergei Aksyonov, the Moscow-appointed head of occupied Crimea, announced that coupons for trading AI-95 gasoline would be introduced from Sunday. He also said that the authorities limited the sale of AI-92 to 20 liters. S. Aksyonov wrote that he expects the situation to normalize within 30 days.
On Sunday morning, Sevastopol’s head Mikhail Razvozhayev announced that fuel cards would also begin to be used in this region – with them, gasoline of both brands will be sold. The city head called the introduction of coupons a “temporary measure necessary for us to replenish fuel stocks at gas stations”.
“I cannot tell everything we are doing now so as not to inform the enemy and thus not ruin our plans,” wrote M. Razvozhayev.
Due to the coupons, drivers must apply to registration points operating in the ATAN and TPP fuel networks in Crimea with a Russian passport and vehicle registration certificate. Before submitting an application, drivers are advised to “find out the availability, price, and conditions of obtaining coupons via hotlines”.
Cases of fuel coupon introduction in Russia
The last time a decision to introduce fuel coupons at the level of regional authorities in Russia was made was in 2017. Then, due to a “malfunction of a tanker delivering oil products to the region,” fuel coupons were introduced in Magadan. Within a week after that, restrictions began to be lifted.
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In 2011, when there was a major fuel crisis in Russia, Tuva completely switched to trading gasoline by coupons. At that time, coupons were also introduced at individual gas stations in other regions, specifically in Primorye and Amur regions.
Coupons became one of the symbols of the late USSR when the economy could not meet citizens’ needs for basic food products, recalled “Agentstvo”. Fuel was also sold by coupons. The peak of sales of food products, especially sugar and flour, as well as other goods (soap, tobacco products) by coupons was in the early 1990s and lasted about two years.
What Russians complain about
15min reminds that recently a Russian military blogger complained that Ukraine’s medium-range strikes severely disrupt Russian logistics not only in the land corridor connecting the occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions with Crimea but also throughout the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
These strikes caused a significant fuel shortage and severely complicated the rotation of Russian troops and ammunition supply in Donbas, reports the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
Ukrainian military expert Pavlo Lakyichuk noted that systematic strikes on the main transport artery connecting the occupied south with Russian territory have actually caused a situation that can be described as a “myocardial infarction”.
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