Stanimir Dobrev
@delfoo.bsky.social
There's a new explanation for an entire chain of gas stations in Novosibirsk not having fuel. It's because they're about to rebrand as Teboil from Nafta24. The rebranding seems to only be about gasoline though...
sib.fm/news/2025/11...
sib.fm/news/2025/11...
November 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
There's a new explanation for an entire chain of gas stations in Novosibirsk not having fuel. It's because they're about to rebrand as Teboil from Nafta24. The rebranding seems to only be about gasoline though...
sib.fm/news/2025/11...
sib.fm/news/2025/11...
In this interview with the CEO of Russian tire company Ikon Tyres which used to be Nokian Tyres mentions a crisis on the Russian tyre market and you won't believe what he says about the Chinese impact on the market...
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8194461
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8194461
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
In this interview with the CEO of Russian tire company Ikon Tyres which used to be Nokian Tyres mentions a crisis on the Russian tyre market and you won't believe what he says about the Chinese impact on the market...
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8194461
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8194461
Yakutia which I kept on my map because it was explicitly stated Izvestia twice now has local news stories about shortages as of this morning/ last evening Yakutia time. There are also queues at gas stations:
t.me/azzimood/42000
t.me/azzimood/42000
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Yakutia which I kept on my map because it was explicitly stated Izvestia twice now has local news stories about shortages as of this morning/ last evening Yakutia time. There are also queues at gas stations:
t.me/azzimood/42000
t.me/azzimood/42000
Graph of the regions that are creating local units to defend key infrastructure using reservists. In Krasnoyarsk likely they focus only on sabotage prevention as it's too far from Ukraine. Taken from this article:
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8192642
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8192642
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Graph of the regions that are creating local units to defend key infrastructure using reservists. In Krasnoyarsk likely they focus only on sabotage prevention as it's too far from Ukraine. Taken from this article:
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8192642
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8192642
Map of Utilities outages in Russia for the week 3rd to the 9th of November. The regions bordering Ukraine have Outages primarily due to drone strikes.
November 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Map of Utilities outages in Russia for the week 3rd to the 9th of November. The regions bordering Ukraine have Outages primarily due to drone strikes.
Updated map of the regions of Russia where there are shortages of gasoline or diesel and how early was it first reported. As always it's worse in the occupied territories. Added just one region since the last update, Vologda.
November 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Updated map of the regions of Russia where there are shortages of gasoline or diesel and how early was it first reported. As always it's worse in the occupied territories. Added just one region since the last update, Vologda.
In another story on how "there's no gasoline shortage in Russia" in Ulyanovsk Lukoil gas stations that were opened in February are being sold on Avito for 150 million rubles. It casually mentions that Lukoil gas stations are permanently out of gasoline...
73online.ru/r/v_novospas...
73online.ru/r/v_novospas...
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
In another story on how "there's no gasoline shortage in Russia" in Ulyanovsk Lukoil gas stations that were opened in February are being sold on Avito for 150 million rubles. It casually mentions that Lukoil gas stations are permanently out of gasoline...
73online.ru/r/v_novospas...
73online.ru/r/v_novospas...
Here's an article that goes in depth into the failure of Russian air defense to stop drone attacks on refineries. It turns out they are more focused on reporting how many bullets they spent than how much of the refinery was protected.
dailsmi.ru/15041-etogo-...
dailsmi.ru/15041-etogo-...
November 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Here's an article that goes in depth into the failure of Russian air defense to stop drone attacks on refineries. It turns out they are more focused on reporting how many bullets they spent than how much of the refinery was protected.
dailsmi.ru/15041-etogo-...
dailsmi.ru/15041-etogo-...
Map of Utilities outages in Russia for the week 27th of October to the 2nd of November. This year starts really strong with 250 outages reported in the last week of October vs 225 last year. More importantly this is the first year of outages due to drone attacks.
November 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Map of Utilities outages in Russia for the week 27th of October to the 2nd of November. This year starts really strong with 250 outages reported in the last week of October vs 225 last year. More importantly this is the first year of outages due to drone attacks.
Updated map of the regions of Russia where there are shortages of gasoline or diesel and how early was it first reported. As always it's worse in the occupied territories. Added just one region since the last update, Yaroslavl.
November 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Updated map of the regions of Russia where there are shortages of gasoline or diesel and how early was it first reported. As always it's worse in the occupied territories. Added just one region since the last update, Yaroslavl.
Because people wonder if the shortages of fuel persist in Russia here's an example from Ulyanovsk region from the city itself with Lukoil gas stations and independent ones not having gasoline when the local news team inspected them. Issues persist.
73online.ru/r/benzin_v_u...
73online.ru/r/benzin_v_u...
November 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Because people wonder if the shortages of fuel persist in Russia here's an example from Ulyanovsk region from the city itself with Lukoil gas stations and independent ones not having gasoline when the local news team inspected them. Issues persist.
73online.ru/r/benzin_v_u...
73online.ru/r/benzin_v_u...
Ludicrous alternate reality fanfic like this is why I posted this mini thread:
November 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Ludicrous alternate reality fanfic like this is why I posted this mini thread:
Aeroflot has made a separate company AeroTransTehniks which now after they got their FAP-145 certification from the Russian government will start repairing CFM56-5B and CFM56-7B airplane engines. This is without the manufacturer's approval.
kommersant.ru/doc/8161162
kommersant.ru/doc/8161162
October 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Aeroflot has made a separate company AeroTransTehniks which now after they got their FAP-145 certification from the Russian government will start repairing CFM56-5B and CFM56-7B airplane engines. This is without the manufacturer's approval.
kommersant.ru/doc/8161162
kommersant.ru/doc/8161162
October 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I don't use ad block when I browse Russian media sites because the ads can tell you interesting things like how to scam EU governments for Visas or as is the case today what the "open positions with Elon Musk" are.
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I don't use ad block when I browse Russian media sites because the ads can tell you interesting things like how to scam EU governments for Visas or as is the case today what the "open positions with Elon Musk" are.
In Yekaterinburg locals are complaining to media that they are driving in circles looking for Ai-95 gasoline. And there's none even at Gazprom, Lukoil and Rosneft gas stations because fuel depots are empty.
www.e1.ru/text/auto/20...
www.e1.ru/text/auto/20...
October 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
In Yekaterinburg locals are complaining to media that they are driving in circles looking for Ai-95 gasoline. And there's none even at Gazprom, Lukoil and Rosneft gas stations because fuel depots are empty.
www.e1.ru/text/auto/20...
www.e1.ru/text/auto/20...
The Russian oil tax for October is slightly above September but below August. Not as bad as June or May but still bad overall.
October 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The Russian oil tax for October is slightly above September but below August. Not as bad as June or May but still bad overall.
This is probably due to in August military vehicles were up 62,2% vs 6% in September, guidance systems up 12% vs 18,4 in September and munitions and this is a big one 21,2% up vs down 1,6% in September.
October 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is probably due to in August military vehicles were up 62,2% vs 6% in September, guidance systems up 12% vs 18,4 in September and munitions and this is a big one 21,2% up vs down 1,6% in September.
Covering the Industrial Russian output for both August and September in one go as I didn't have time to properly cover august last month. The trend is a continued decrease in the output growth with August having 0,5% growth and September just 0,3% growth.
October 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Covering the Industrial Russian output for both August and September in one go as I didn't have time to properly cover august last month. The trend is a continued decrease in the output growth with August having 0,5% growth and September just 0,3% growth.
Just to point out, Russian officials know how to deal with the shortage of gasoline. If they sell it at over 100 rubles demand evaporates even in places where there are few alternatives. They just need to find the price point at which over 50% of the demand is gone.
October 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Just to point out, Russian officials know how to deal with the shortage of gasoline. If they sell it at over 100 rubles demand evaporates even in places where there are few alternatives. They just need to find the price point at which over 50% of the demand is gone.
In the Chunsky District in Irkutsk region they didn't have Ai-95 for 4 days but when the new shipment arrived prices went up to 80 rubles or higher. As a result the district has trouble paying for fuel for public transport.
ircity.ru/text/economi...
ircity.ru/text/economi...
October 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
In the Chunsky District in Irkutsk region they didn't have Ai-95 for 4 days but when the new shipment arrived prices went up to 80 rubles or higher. As a result the district has trouble paying for fuel for public transport.
ircity.ru/text/economi...
ircity.ru/text/economi...
Here's part two and it's a stark difference when compared to Russian propagandist on twitter who want you to look at a specific gas station on a highway or in some visible corner in a major city.
October 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Here's part two and it's a stark difference when compared to Russian propagandist on twitter who want you to look at a specific gas station on a highway or in some visible corner in a major city.
Here's an example with subtitles in case people wonder what Russians hear as reporting in local news when it comes to fuel shortages. It's largely accurate showing queues, empty gas stations and tells them it's due to Ukrainian attacks.
tvknews.ru/publications...
tvknews.ru/publications...
October 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Here's an example with subtitles in case people wonder what Russians hear as reporting in local news when it comes to fuel shortages. It's largely accurate showing queues, empty gas stations and tells them it's due to Ukrainian attacks.
tvknews.ru/publications...
tvknews.ru/publications...
This is the song with generated subtitles in case you want to know what she's singing:
October 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This is the song with generated subtitles in case you want to know what she's singing:
This performance is why an 18 year old Russian singer will likely get several years in jail. If it pisses off Putin so much maybe we should do more for it to be heard.
www.youtube.com/shorts/ILLxU...
www.youtube.com/shorts/ILLxU...
October 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This performance is why an 18 year old Russian singer will likely get several years in jail. If it pisses off Putin so much maybe we should do more for it to be heard.
www.youtube.com/shorts/ILLxU...
www.youtube.com/shorts/ILLxU...