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Long lines and empty pumps. Russia’s gasoline crisis in photos.

Russia is in the midst of a fuel crisis. At the height of the consumption season, gasoline production has dropped following Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries, and prices are climbing. Some gas stations, unable to raise prices because of antitrust restrictions, are shutting down altogether. In annexed Crimea, occupation officials have imposed price caps and limited gasoline sales to 20 liters (about five gallons) per customer. Here’s what the situation looks like on the ground.

A gas station in Simferopol, in occupied Crimea

Sergei Malgavko / TASS / ZUMA Press / Scanpix / LETA

Simferopol

Sergei Malgavko / TASS / ZUMA Press / Scanpix / LETA

A line at a gas station in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Nikolai Burmatov / TASS / Profimedia

A line at a gas station in occupied Luhansk, Ukraine

Alexander Reka / TASS / ZUMA Press / Scanpix / LETA

A notice at a gas station in occupied Luhansk saying fuel can be purchased only with a ration card

Alexander Reka / TASS / ZUMA Press / Scanpix / LETA

A gas station in Vladivostok, Russia

Vitaliy Ankov / RIA Novosti / Sputnik / Profimedia

A driver in Vladivostok stocking up on gasoline

Vitaliy Ankov / RIA Novosti / Sputnik / Profimedia

A line at a gas station in occupied Crimea

RIA Novosti / Sputnik / Profimedia

Crimea

RIA Novosti / Sputnik / Profimedia

A gas station in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region

Anastasia Makarycheva / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA

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