RUSSIA PERSPECTIVE

Moscow covers Europe's jet fuel crisis with the tone of a professor vindicated. RT publishes a comprehensive article titled "Fight or flight: How the global jet fuel crisis could ground you," dissecting the crisis with remarkable technical precision: a Boeing 737 or Airbus A320 burns 2,500–3,000 liters of fuel per hour; an airport fuel truck holds 30,000–45,000 liters, barely 10 hours of flight for a narrow-body aircraft. RT explains that the EU produces jet fuel in its own refineries but in insufficient volumes, that 75% of imports come from the Middle East, and that jet fuel represents only 10% of crude refining—a structural bottleneck. The article notes that jet fuel prices have "roughly doubled" since the war began February 28. RT cites IEA chief Fatih Birol warning the crisis could become "the worst energy crisis in history." Russian framing is clear: Europe suffers from a crisis caused by American war against Iran, not Russia. Moscow need not state it explicitly—the article's architecture does the work. This is the first time since 2022 that Russia can present itself as innocent spectator to a European energy crisis.