Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked government officials to provide a clear forecast on when the country’s ongoing fuel crisis will end.

Axar.az reports, citing the Kremlin-linked Telegram channel Kremlyovskaya Tabakerka, that Putin asked Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak and several other officials when the fuel crisis would end but did not receive a clear answer.

“Vladimir Vladimirovich asked Deputy Prime Minister Novak and several other officials a clear question – when will the fuel crisis in Russia end? He did not receive a clear answer. Everyone says that it definitely will not be this year. But that is not enough. The president expects clear forecasts in a week,” the source said.