Fuel crisis may plunge Russia back into 'Soviet-style' reality — energy expert
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Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:39:00 +0300

Andrii Zakrevskyi, Deputy Director of the Association of Energy and Natural Resources of Ukraine, stated this on Espreso TV."This 'everything is getting worse' is already happening to them. And they have definitely not followed our path to overcoming the crisis. Let me remind you, our recipe was a market economy, 2% taxes, and complete deregulation. We overcame the crisis in four months, and then over the course of a year, we purchased so many fuel trucks that we could withstand even seven-day queues at the border with our partners. They took a different path: Iran, Venezuela, coupons, freebies, and so on, and that is a path to nowhere," he explained.Zakrevskyi shared his thoughts on what will happen next for the Russians."I have already figured out what will happen to them. I understand what is coming. They will simply start returning to the Soviet Union; they will start driving less. More and more cars will be stationary, people will carpool to get to work, and so on. Not because they want to, or because they don't have enough money, but because there is no gasoline, and they will have to conserve it. Someone will have a coupon this week, someone else the next. And they will simply slide back into the Soviet Union, into poverty and stools," the expert said.In his opinion, the Russian Federation will not come up with anything else."The volume of logistics in the Russian Federation will simply decrease; car numbers and sales have already fallen. This is already being discussed. They will simply start getting rid of them because it will make no sense to own them," Zakrevskyi concluded.
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