Uzbekistan Scrambling To Tackle Fuel Shortages

As temperatures plunge in Uzbekistan, fuel shortages are sending officials scrambling for short-term fixes.  Videos posted online from locations across the country this week have shown people queuing in the snow for gas tanks, long lines of vehicles at gas stations, and even people blocking roads in frustration.

  In one scene of protest outside a factory in Fergana region where work has ceased due to lack of energy, a middle-aged man yelled into a camera: “There are no salaries. How can we survive? What to do? There is no gas or…