Fistfights at the Pumps, Gas at Luxury Prices, and a Harvest at Risk — Ukraine’s Strikes Are Hitting Russia Where It Hurts Most

The scenes inside Russia look like the 1990s again: fuel lines, siphoning, fistfights at gas stations where gasoline runs $2.42 a liter — when it's available at all. Ukraine's strikes have knocked out a quarter of Russia's refining capacity, and now farmers warn they may not have enough diesel to bring in the harvest, threatening a food crisis on top of the fuel one. Moscow is importing gasoline from India to cope. But this analysis argues the pain may steel Russia's resolve rather than break it.