Russia makes oil production data a state secret

UKRAINE’S CONTINUED ATTACKS ON RUSSIAN OIL REFINERIES ARE NO DOUBT HURTING RUSSIA MILITARILY AND FINANCIALLY. IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS
UKRAINIAN DRONE AND MISSILE ATTACKS STRUCK DOZENS OF REFINERIES, DEPOTS, STORAGE UNITS, AND FERRIES FULL OF FUEL.

NOW, RUSSIA–THE NATION JOHN MCCAIN ONCE SAID WAS A GAS STATION MASQUERADING AS A COUNTRY–WILL NO LONGER PUBLISH DATA ON THE PRODUCTION OF OIL PRODUCTS IN THE COUNTRY. LIKE SO MUCH ELSE IN RUSSIA, THE AMOUNT OF OIL PRODUCED IS NOW A STATE SECRET.

INTERFAX WAS THE FIRST TO REPORT THE NEWS, SAYING RUSSIA’S FEDERAL STATISTICS SERVICE–OR ROSSTAT–WOULD NO LONGER REPORT INFORMATION ON MONTHLY PRODUCTION OF DIESEL FUEL, FUEL OIL, OR LIQUIFIED PROPANE.

ROSSTAT ALREADY STOPPED PUBLISHING DATA ON GASOLINE PRODUCTION BACK IN MAY. AT THE TIME RUSSIA’S ENERGY MINISTRY SAID THE MOVE WAS MADE BECAUSE DISCLOSING SUCH INFORMATION COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BAD ACTORS TO MANIPULATE THE MARKET.

THE WHITE HOUSE URGED UKRAINE MONTHS AGO TO STOP ATTACKING RUSSIA’S OIL PRODUCING INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S RESTRICTIONS ON UKRAINE AGAINST STRIKES DEEP INTO RUSSIAN TERRITORY ONLY APPLY TO U.S.-SUPPLIED WEAPONS.

AND CONSIDERING UKRAINE’S BATTLEPLANS ARE LARGELY CENTERED AROUND THE IDEA OF TAKING OUT THE ARCHERS BEFORE THEY CAN SHOOT THEIR ARROWS,
IT’S A SAFE BET SCENES OF BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING FROM RUSSIAN FACILITIES ISN’T LIKELY TO DISSIPATE ANYTIME SOON.

FOR STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS, I’M RYAN ROBERTSON. FOR MORE UNBIASED, STRAIGHT FACT REPORTING ABOUT THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE–
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