Russian Duma Deputy Accuses Government of Concealing Fuel Crisis Scale

Russian State Duma deputy accuses government of concealing scale of fuel crisis, warns it could cost certain officials their seats in September elections

The chair of the State Duma’s family protection committee, Nina Ostanina, has accused the Russian government of concealing the true scale of the country’s fuel crisis, saying nearly a third of Russia’s refineries have been knocked out of commission — a fact, she said, that deputy prime ministers and ministers have refused to acknowledge.