Filling up a car at one of the petrol stations. Archival photoMOSCOW, 21 May. High fuel prices have led to an increase in the theft of gasoline and diesel fuel in Finland, according to the public broadcaster YLE, citing police data.
"Typically, fuel is stolen from large construction sites <… > as well as from agricultural or forestry facilities", the publication says.
The article notes that there were cases of theft of gasoline from trucks and refrigerators. After the start of the Russian special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, the West increased sanctions pressure on Moscow. Many countries have announced the freezing of Russian assets, and calls to abandon energy sources have become louder. All this has already turned into problems for the US and Europe, provoking an increase in fuel and food prices. gasoline prices