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(SIMFEROPOL, CRIMEA) – Food products have begun to disappear from shops across occupied Crimea, with shortages following closely behind a fuel crisis that has gripped the peninsula. Local residents report empty shelves and growing restrictions on the sale of essential goods. Residents of Simferopol and Sevastopol have complained of shortages of staple food products. Amid mounting public panic, people have begun buying up goods “in reserve,” forcing retailers to introduce strict purchase limits. “Essential goods were the first to be hit: sugar, rice, buckwheat, salt, flour, oil, and pasta. Due to logistics problems and panic buying, some stores have already…