Norwegian article, use google translate:

https://www.nrk.no/urix/kokaos-ved-russiske-bensinstasjoner-_-kobles-til-ukrainske-droneangrep-1.17539034

"Ukraine stepped up attacks on Russia's oil infrastructure. Now gas lines are increasing – and prices."

by Oneyebandit

21 comments

  1. Keep hitting those refineries boys, make them suffer and take away their petro rubles from lost exports.

  3. Nice, so it begins. Let’s see how a 9000km x 2500km country crawls to a halt.

  4. Take away the fuel for their cars, the electricity for their homes, the ability for trains to move around. Then they will be encouraged to get the hell out of Ukraine.

  6. Refineries are the bottleneck of fuel production, are complex giant systems that require some fancy equipment to keep things in check

  8. [Молодец!](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%86#Interjection)

    For a nation that takes juvenile pride in the dumb luck or geographical accident of squatting on a bonanza of fossil fuels, this looks *very* good on them.

    Smugly appealing to “neutrality” or being “apolitical” absolutely does not get 140 million+ Russians off the hook for their naked complicity in this [latest attempt to complete the extermination of the Ukrainians in real-time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russification_of_Ukraine).

  10. I saw videos about this several places on reddit today. One saying all that was available, was Diesel.

    Saying “keep it up!” feels wrong, since you’ve been keeping it on while the rest of us has more or less stood idly by, but i’ll say it anyways. In Norwegian;

    Stå på! 💙💛

  11. Destroy the infrastructure that can support the Russian military.

  14. Gonna have to do a lot more when everyone is driving a Dacia 1300 that gets 30+ MPG but its a good start. Thats one benefit to everyone driving the same piece of shit commie car with an underpowered 4 banger dog shit engine.

  18. Okay, this gonna be a long post.

    **Long lines at Russian petrol stations – yes, but where and who matters**

    **Quick take:** Yes, there are long lines and rising gas prices, but the pattern matters. This isn’t a uniform “Russia-wide” shortage – it’s hitting remote, peripheral parts of the country first, and hitting communities that already have the shortest straw. Here’s what’s actually notable about what we’re seeing – and why it matters.

    It’s mostly the Far East / peripheral regions that are seeing the worst shortages.
    Reports and on-the-ground coverage point to big problems in Primorye, Zabaykalsky and other Far-Eastern areas (and occupied Crimea), where queues and rationing have been reported after a string of strikes on refineries and fuel infrastructure. The government response so far has been export limits and targeted measures rather than a wholesale national emergency.

    **The people most exposed are often small, marginalized ethnic minorities.**
    Many of the affected far-eastern and northern territories are home to Indigenous and non-Russian ethnic groups (Buryats, Yakuts/Sakha, Tuvans and others). Those communities already face political and economic marginalization inside the federation – and that marginalization shows up when logistics and resources are scarce. International reporting and indigenous-rights groups have highlighted how these groups have fewer resources and less political clout.

    **Those republics are small and have little real leverage in Moscow.**
    A lot of these places have tiny populations (relative to Moscow/Saint Petersburg/Russian heartlands) and limited ability to influence federal policy – especially under the centralized, elite-driven system that prizes regime stability and elite interests. That helps explain why shortages show up there first and why local complaints often go unanswered.

    **Petrol is still largely available in the western urban centers – this is not (yet) a nationwide blackout.**
    Wholesale and retail price data plus reporting indicate big price spikes and acute shortages in particular regions, but major western cities have so far been less affected in terms of outright pump closures. The crisis is geographically skewed.

    **The centre (political + economic elites) can afford to look past far-flung suffering – as long as there’s no open revolt.**
    What you’re seeing is not just a logistics problem but a political choice: prioritizing military and strategic needs, protecting key supply routes and urban elites, and limiting panic – rather than urgently equalizing supplies across the entire territory. That matches how the regime and its oligarchic networks have behaved in past crises: protect the core, manage the periphery. (This is analysis but it’s backed by recent expert commentary on elite priorities.)

    **Think like someone learning the difference between a nation-state and an empire.**
    An empire (or neo-imperial state) manages a sprawling, heterogeneous territory with very different political logics than a compact democratic state. Regional crises are often absorbed, deferred, or handled in ways that preserve control rather than equal welfare. That helps explain why the Far East feels the shock more sharply – both because of logistics and because of how power and resources are distributed.

    **TL;DR:** the headlines about “Russia” running out of petrol might give you hope – but the pattern is important: it’s the remote, often non-Russian minority regions that are getting hit first, while the political/economic center is relatively insulated. That’s not just a fuel story – it’s a political one about who has voice and access inside a huge, unequal state

  21. Letttttss go!! Relentless “hard sanctions”. No let up. Lets hope for runs on the banks next. Fuck that place

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