Episode Details

Russians spent years pretending the war was someone else’s problem. Now the fuel crisis is spreading across Russia, gas lines are growing, Crimea is short on fuel and power, and some Russians are starting to ask the question Putin never wanted them to ask: why did they need Crimea in the first place? They still blame everyone but themselves, but the consequences of the war are finally reaching ordinary Russians in ways they cannot ignore.

0:00 Russians are starting to regret Crimea

0:16 Russians blame Crimeans, DPR, and LPR residents

1:39 Crimea’s fuel and power problems spread

2:07 Fuel lines hit Russian regions

2:48 Russians celebrate finding small amounts of gasoline

3:21 Black-market fuel behavior emerges

4:11 Moscow residents shocked by empty gas stations

4:44 Shortages spread thousands of kilometers from Ukraine

5:14 The growing list of Russian regions without fuel

6:42 Older Russians try to defend Putin’s war narrative

8:15 Russians connect the crisis to “the thing” they cannot say

9:23 The economy may pressure Putin more than Trump

10:46 Special queuing operation

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