The Year Moscow Felt the War

In Moscow this year, people stopped answering “How are you?” with “Fine.” They started saying, “I’m full tank.”K. first heard it from a friend, right after drones hit several fuel plants around the capital. “I’m great,” the friend said. “I have a full tank.” It was a joke, and it was also the plain truth about what counted as a good day. His friend drove to three gas stations. Each one would sell her only a third of a tank. When the needle finally reached the top, she was, in her words, “super h

Source: The Cipher Brief