Putin arrived, and immediately the price of gasoline skyrocketed. Then it fell again as he left.
On the day of Vladimir Putin’s visit to Siberia, fuel prices were drastically reduced in Krasnoyarsk, and then immediately restored to their previous high levels the following day. This Patyomkin-esque measure was not an isolated incident: it also happened in Irkutsk just over a week earlier, during the presidential visit.
On the day of Vladimir Putin’s visit to Siberia, fuel prices in Krasnoyarsk were drastically reduced, and the following day they were immediately restored to their previous high level. This Patyomkin-esque measure was not an isolated incident: similar measures were also taken in Irkutsk shortly before, during the presidential visit.
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