Russia Chokes - Joe Blogs

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Russia has been forced to choke off its own fuel exports — and the economic cost is huge.

In this video, I explain why Russia has extended its gasoline and diesel export ban through to the end of February, what role war-related refinery damage and drone attacks have played, and how much money this decision is costing the Russian economy.

Using realistic export volumes and a simple $100-per-barrel assumption, the numbers are stark:

👉 Around $60 million per day in lost export revenue
👉 More than $12 billion lost between August and the end of February

This isn’t clever market management. It’s damage control.

Refinery outages, sanctions-restricted repairs, and wartime logistics pressures have left Russia unable to supply both its domestic market and its export customers — forcing it to sacrifice hard-currency income to keep fuel flowing at home.

In this video, we look at:
• Why gasoline and diesel exports matter far more than most people realize
• Why refined fuels are more valuable than crude oil
• How war damage has turned temporary outages into structural losses
• What this tells us about the real strain inside Russia’s war economy

The export ban is not a sign of strength — it’s a sign that Russia is choking itself financially as the war grinds on.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:19 IMPACT
4:51 WHY?
6:13 CRUDE OIL
11:19 TANKERS
11:57 BUYERS
14:58 AT SEA
18:00 SUMMARY & CONCLUSION