In Russian Irkutsk, people are waiting up to 8 hours in traffic just to buy gasoline. Entire streets are blocked by lines at fuel stations, making normal traffic in the city almost impossible. Even companies with official contracts cannot obtain fuel.
What started as former Russian army commander Akexander Lunin threatening Putin over the epidemic of brutality, theft and murder in the Russian military is quickly becoming the seeds of civil war, as military units are producing videos joining the threats against the Kremlin.
“It’s not going to get better.”
Small businesses are closing all across Russia, and those that remain open are operating at a loss.
Ordinary Russians are not making any frivolous purchases, trying to save their money for food.