The Petrol Shackle: How the Monopoly Strangles the Export of Fuel

Comrades! Pray, cast your eyes upon the latest proclamation from the halls of power: the ban on the exportation of petrol from the Russian lands has been extended until the thirty-first of January, in the year of our Lord 2027.

Let us be clear: this is no mere administrative whim. The restrictions shall similarly bind diesel, marine fuel, and gas oils. However, observe the cunning of the bourgeoisie! From the first of September, the direct producers—those masters of the great monopolies—shall be granted the privilege to export, while the smaller operators remain in chains. The government claims this is to maintain 'stability' in the internal market, but we know it is a struggle to prevent the fuel-monopolists from bleeding the domestic market dry for the sake of foreign gold.

Furthermore, a temporary accord has been struck between the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the oil-lords. They speak of ensuring fuel for the seasonal field-workers—the poor toiling masses of the soil—lest the harvest fail. Yet, mark how they have suspended the special pricing rules for state procurement until the year's end. They claim this is to avoid the 'fluctuations of exchange quotations,' but in truth, it is a veil to hide the erratic whims of financial capital, ensuring that the state continues to pay the price demanded by the greedy usurers of the oil trade.

Thus, the yoke of exploitation continues, disguised as a measure for the public good!