Moscow-based independent; frames shortage as politically manageable but strategically narrowing
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The Moscow Times · Russia (independent) · Russia asks Kazakhstan for 50,000 tonnes of gasoline as refinery strikes cascade
Calls the situation 'manageable' but notes the Kremlin's options are shrinking: export controls, price caps, and Kazakhstan imports all carry political costs that a war-time government is reluctant to pay.
“Russia's fuel shortages are manageable. But the Kremlin's options are shrinking.”