[EnderWiggin1970]

I thought I'd post this to point out that the Western narrative of Russia collapsing because of strikes on refineries is anti-empirical. Prices jumped around the start of the year, but that was many months before the recent refinery strikes. And if you expand out to 10 years you can see prices are only modestly higher than in general from the 2015-2021 timeframe (from around ~0.65 to ~0.77 now).

Basically if you think gas prices are a sign of serious collapse, it's California that you should be panicking about.

[nickcarraway]

Isn’t it petrol in Russia, not gas?

[tlozo]

Kremlin uses a “damper” payment, a tax subsidy to gas suppliers to make it profitable to sell to the domestic market and to make the price stable.

[Chad_the_Impaler]

You need to check the wholesale prices to get a better snapshot of what is happening. In some places in Russia, the retail price is actually lower than wholesale. The resulting problem is shortages, rather than high retail prices (even though they are still elevated in 2025).

[gitmo]

That reminds me of the jump in gas prices during the Carter years in America.

[freeandfreezing]

Do they average in the gas stations who post 0.00 prices since they have no gas to sell?

[rxh4n1]

Forget it man. These stories are out. Hating on Indian H1Bs is in.