Quote Originally Posted by sperk View Post
Нефтехранилища освободили, но бензин так и остался блокированным.

is остаться always followed by the instumental like this? I can't find any rules for governing остаться with the instrumental. Maybe it's like стать.
thanks!
http://pawanpanta.free.fr/language/L...%20Russian.pdf (p. 286)