31/ Fuel embezzlement is commonplace in the Russian military, to the point that fuel is viewed as a 'second currency' (after rubles). In one 2019 instance, three sailors were convicted of selling 126 tons of fuel in Sebastopol for 3.6 million rubles. Petty fuel theft is frequent.
Russian military fuel embezzlement: fuel as a ‘second currency’, notorious thefts.


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