Moscow turns to foreign gasoline as domestic refining collapses under drone campaign
Russia has been forced to import gasoline from Turkey and India and to process crude in Kazakhstan after Ukrainian drone strikes crippled its refineries. Fuel rationing has appeared at petrol stations, and imports from Belarus have surged. The Kremlin is scrambling to plug a refining capacity gap that has turned the world's second-largest oil producer into a net importer of vehicle fuel.
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