In response to a widespread domestic fuel deficit, local authorities in Russia’s Krasnodar region have directed public school teachers to take shifts at gas stations to monitor queues and manage driver interactions, Real Time reported.
The administration of the Dinsky district issued a directive to local schools instructing teachers to perform these duties during their summer vacations. According to local media reports, teachers are tasked with maintaining order among drivers facing extended wait times, with compensation limited to complimentary tea and coffee.
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While the district education department stated that the shifts are voluntary and limited to male personnel – asserting that the fuel supply issues directly affect them – complaints published in local community groups indicate that female staff members were also assigned these duties under the threat of dismissal. Personnel noted concerns regarding their physical ability to manage interactions with drivers experiencing delays.
Similar measures have been implemented in the Pskov region, where officials are making use of “volunteers” and members of “people’s squads” to monitor queues and inform drivers of purchase limits at Surgutneftegas and Pskovnefteprodukt filling stations. The recruitment announcements for these positions do not stipulate financial compensation.
Broader rationing systems are being rolled out across the country. In Karelia, Mordovia, and the Oryol, Nizhny Novgorod, Lipetsk, Pskov, Astrakhan, and Kirov regions, authorities have notified residents of potential fuel sales restricted to odd or even days, corresponding to vehicle license plate numbers.
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