Russians Are Advised To Move From Crimea To Chechnya

• 5.06.2026, 11:22

Because of the gasoline crisis.

Residents of occupied Crimea are advised to temporarily leave the peninsula and go to mainland Russia, including the regions of the North Caucasus, particularly Grozny and Dagestan.

This reported by reports journalist Denis Kazansky with reference to Russian bloggers and propagandists.

Such blogger Alexander Gorny recommends car owners to leave Crimea for at least a month if possible. According to him, this will allow them to "rest and save their nervous system" amid what he claims is a prolonged fuel crisis.

He also suggests traveling to the Caucasus, including Arkhyz, Dombai, Kislovodsk, Pyatigorsk, Elbrus, Grozny and Dagestan, as an alternative, noting the availability of fuel and relatively low prices in these regions.

The publication stresses that the situation with fuel may negatively affect the tourist season in Crimea, which, according to its assessment, has actually been threatened with disruption.

In the meantime, footage of kilometer-long queues for gasoline continues to appear on the Web.