By noon on June 26, 1850 cars were queued on the Crimean Bridge towards Kuban. This is reported by a Telegram channel tracking the situation on the bridge. The waiting time in the queue from the Kerch side is reportedly about five hours. On the Krasnodar Krai side, there are 250 cars in the traffic jam. By 13:00, the number of cars in the queue from the Crimean side had increased to 2100. Movement across the Crimean Bridge was completely closed at night. The ban was in effect from midnight to six in the morning. The evening before, the publication ASTRA calculated that the traffic jam before the bridge from the Crimean side stretched for 15 km. State of Emergency. Meanwhile, a regional state of emergency has been introduced in Crimea and Sevastopol, according to the "heads" of the annexed regions appointed by the Kremlin. The decision was justified by the need to "streamline economic issues." Crisis in Crimea. In recent weeks, Crimeans have faced a shortage of gasoline, lack of railway communication, interruptions in water and electricity, and a shortage of certain goods. The "governor" of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, restricted the operation of supermarkets, shopping centers, and catering establishments. Some residents of the peninsula seriously considered leaving, and some have already left. Against the backdrop of Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes and the fuel crisis, the number of hotel bookings in Sevastopol for July-August decreased by 43% year-on-year, and in Crimea, the decline was 31%. The number of canceled bookings over the year increased by 88% in Crimea and by 79% in Sevastopol. Rising fuel prices. From June 16 to 22, retail fuel prices in Russia increased by an average of 3%, according to Rosstat data. This is the strongest weekly surge in at least the last 20 years. Scale of the fuel crisis. Gasoline problems have been observed in at least 75 regions of Russia and annexed Crimea, according to "Novaya-Evropa." In 33 regions, authorities have already imposed restrictions on gasoline sales - throughout the region or in individual cities. In 22 subjects, fuel shortages have been officially recognized, and in 11 more, restrictions have been imposed by the gas station chains themselves. Local residents report problems in nine other regions. Only in eight subjects were there no public announcements about restrictions. Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak admitted that the situation in the fuel market is "not simple" and directly linked it to forced measures at the plants: all refineries have increased capacity, repair times have been reduced, and planned ones have been postponed. The fuel crisis faced by Russia this year is "the worst in two decades," according to Energy Intelligence analysts. After a series of Ukrainian strikes on refineries, gasoline production in Russia fell by 25% and is now 20% short of domestic consumption, Reuters notes.