Gas stations in Novorossiysk ran out of fuel entirely on July 3. The city’s Municipal Management Center (MMC) announced that “at this time, gasoline is unavailable at filling stations.”
During the shortage, the Novorossiysk MMC launched a map showing real-time fuel availability at city stations. On July 3, none of the stations on the map had gasoline — only diesel.
Gasoline is not available for open purchase, the outlet says, though Novorossiysk residents can still fill up using fuel cards issued by their employers.
The shortage began on June 10, the Russian news outlet 93.ru says. By early July, residents were lining up for hours at the stations that still had any gasoline left.
93.ru reported, citing a Novorossiysk resident named Natalya, that the crisis has left city buses without air conditioning, driven up taxi prices, and noticeably reduced the number of cars on the streets.
Russia’s gasoline shortage emerged after Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries, causing facilities to cut production or shut down entirely. By early July, fuel sales restrictions of one kind or another had been introduced in almost every region of Russia.
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