Russian fuel shortage pushing drivers to desperate measures as gasoline runs out
- Russians are flocking to convert their cars to run on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) amid nationwide fuel shortages, escalating petrol prices, and long queues at filling stations.
- These issues stem from recent Ukrainian attacks on refineries.
- Egor Popov, whose Moscow-based Garant-Gas company fits equipment for LPG conversions, stated that "demand had multiplied".
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- Russians are flocking to convert their cars to run on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) amid nationwide fuel shortages, escalating petrol prices, and long queues at filling stations.
- These issues stem from recent Ukrainian attacks on refineries.
- Egor Popov, whose Moscow-based Garant-Gas company fits equipment for LPG conversions, stated that "demand had multiplied".
Sources: The Independent