Russia: “Tense situation with fuel supply" Russian newspapers report.

Russian regions are reintroducing the odd -even system and limits on the sale of petrol.It was my local petrol station this morning on my way to work.I've seen long queues here now.As of the 16th of August, across Russia, 28 .1 % of petrol stations had fuel, a weak industry in the second half of the year.Interesting choice of words.I wonder at what point deepening stagnation becomes recession.

What did we learn?

On an average salary, you can now buy almost 25 % more fillet of fish than three years ago.Also, the nut market in Russia is steadily growing.And in Russia, one year on from the Trump, Putin, Alaska summit, the headline in Moskovsky Komsomolets on Monday was, the stale spirit of anchorage from overuse.This unfortunate spirit is so worn out that no one remembers what it meant when it first appeared.

Just to point out, it was only Russian officials after the summit who spoke lyrically about some kind of spirit of anchorage, as if Putin and Trump at that meeting had reached an understanding that Kiev would be pressured into accepting a peace deal that would suit Moscow.Not much of that spirit and evidence here.The writer claims that the main beneficiary of the Russian -Ukraine war is now Trump's America, because, among other things, the war is weakening Russia.

And note, but how it could appear in the first place.In Kommersant, one foreign policy writer tries to look for positives.The fallout from Alaska also demonstrated that America is not all -powerful.Trump couldn't get what he wanted from Europe and Ukraine.In this particular case, it worked against Moscow.But the very fact of Washington's limited capabilities should be considered a positive.

Finally, to the joke section of Komsomolskaya Pravda.And some advice, perhaps, on how best to behave right now in Russia is to joke.