How does a gasoline crisis vanish overnight? Ask the people of Nizhny Novgorod about the day Putin came to town.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Nizhny Novgorod on August 28.
On August 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Nizhny Novgorod, a city hit by a gasoline crisis just a week earlier. Authorities had banned vessel traffic on the Volga and Oka rivers and restricted access to several city streets. Despite these measures, news outlet NewsNN found that most gas stations in Nizhny Novgorod had gasoline available, though some stations had long lines and limited selection.
Just one week prior, many gas stations had run out of fuel, and lines had formed at others. During a previous trip by Putin, gasoline prices in Krasnoyarsk fluctuated dramatically: they dropped sharply the day before his visit and then returned to normal afterward. Putin was set to address the "Strong Ideas for a New Time" forum in Nizhny Novgorod, which had been rescheduled from August 24-25 to August 27-28 to accommodate him.
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