Rosenberg: Shortage of petrol but not patriotism as Russians feel growing impact of war
Watch: The BBC's Steve Rosenberg speaks to residents about the struggle to find fuel for their vehicles Steve Rosenberg BBC Russia editorMoscow At a petrol station in the south-east of Moscow, Svyatoslav has been queuing in his car for two hours. The sign board up ahead has just been changed to show there's no fuel.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: Outside one Moscow petrol station I count 80 vehicles waiting in line.
- Fact 2: "Last night I went to get petrol at 11pm," says Elizaveta who's queuing again for fuel.
- Fact 3: Then they shut the petrol station until 2am." "I drove into Moscow yesterday from the provinces," says Lyubov.
- Fact 4: "Everyone connects this to that situation." Before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 there were no drone attacks on Russian oil refineries - or on any facilities inside Russia.
Watch: The BBC's Steve Rosenberg speaks to residents about the struggle to find fuel for their vehicles Steve Rosenberg BBC Russia editorMoscow At a petrol station in the south-east of Moscow, Svyatoslav has been queuing in his car for two hours. The sign board up ahead has just been changed to show there's no fuel.
"They say there will be petrol here," Svyatoslav tells me optimistically. "They just don't know when. Maybe today, maybe tomorrow." I ask him why he doesn't drive off and look for another place to fill up.
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Original source: BBC News World
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