Putin's gasoline crisis is spreading. Gazprom Neft, the Kremlin-controlled oil producer, has run out of fuel in all of it stations in the southern city of Krasnodar. #OOTT
● Nationwide shortages were previously reported at independently-owned outlets
Source: Krasnodar Telegram

⚡️ Protesters in #Tbilisi broke through iron barriers to enter the presidential palace.
● The situation is escalating as tens of thousands of Georgians took to the streets of the capital this afternoon to express their opposition to the municipal elections.

A Ukrainian #drone hit the centre of Novorossiysk, killing at least two people and damaging a hotel building: RIA Novosti
● Debris fell on parked cars, and two more residents were also injured, according to Veniamin Kondratyev, head of the Krasnodar Krai.

The 'Army of Russia' chain of stores is closing due to losses. All 35 stores will cease operations, and all employees will be fired.
● The flagship store, located next to my old apartment on Novinsky boulevard and opposite the US Embassy, has already removed its sign today.
Source: Baza

The U.S. is lifting #sanctions on the Belarusian airline "Belavia" as announced by Trump's Special Representative John Koel during a visit to Minsk.
● It's just a matter of time before US sanctions are lifted on the Kremlin airline @aeroflot.bsky.social

Russian gas stations are running out of petrol as kilometre-long queues have formed at stations in Primorsky Krai, occupied Crimea and Transbaikalia.
● Ukrainian #drone attacks on oil refineries are said to have disrupted domestic supplies.
#OOTT

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rocks up at the #Alaska summit wearing a USSR sweater.
Nothing like a bit of Cold War cosplay to break the ice !

Kremlin propagandists have been granted American visas and will fly to #Alaska to serve Putin.
● For the first time in 4 years, the Consular Section of the US Embassy in Moscow accepted documents from the journalists of the Kremlin Pool.
Source: Russian Channel One.

This is how the earthquake in #Kamchatka was felt during a delicate operation.
● The doctors held the patient for a minute and did not leave the place when everything around them started shaking.
Baza Telegram

Moscow City is urgently transferring office employees to remote work due to the threat of Ukrainian #drones
● Kremlin Bank VTB warned employees about a possible attack in the next two weeks and ordered them not to stay at home. Other employers are likely to follow.
Source: Interfax

Great news for the Belarus opposition and its leader Sviatlana Tsihanouskaya after Lukashenko released her husband Siarhei Tsikhanouski - a former presidential candidate.
● Lukashenko made the move after a visit by Trump envoy General kellogg. I doubt Putin will be happy.