{"id":167878,"date":"2025-12-12T16:10:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167878\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"russia-dependent-on-belarus-for-fuel-supplies-amid-ukrainian-strikes-on-refineries-economist","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167878\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia dependent on Belarus for fuel supplies amid Ukrainian strikes on refineries \u2013 economist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 12, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus has become the only source Moscow can turn to in order to address sporadic fuel shortages emerging in central Russia as a result of Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries, said Le\u016d Lvo\u016dski of the BEROC think tank at a conference in Warsaw on December 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia has grown somewhat dependent on Belarus for the first time in many years, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTechnically, Russia has enough gasoline. The problem is that Russia is a very big and poorly connected country. There is enough of everything in the Far East because Ukrainian drones cannot reach it,\u201d he said. Kazakhstan previously helped Russia alleviate local fuel shortages, but has recently distanced itself from Moscow, Lvo\u016dski added at the conference \u201cBelarus in the Shadow of the \u2018Russian World\u2019: Challenges and Response from Civil Society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/167067\/\">Belarus\u2019 gasoline exports to Russia rise in early December<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 12, Pozirk. Belarus has become the only source Moscow can turn to in order to address sporadic fuel shortages emerging in central Russia as a result of Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries, said Le\u016d Lvo\u016dski of the BEROC think tank at a conference in Warsaw on December 12. 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