Moscow's fuel stations limit sales amid shortages
At least two major chains have capped sales as refinery outages and summer demand tighten supplies, with prices reaching 120 rubles per liter.
- On Monday, August 17, 2026, Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries forced shutdowns, prompting gas stations across Moscow and at least 10 regions to reintroduce fuel rationing as a fresh supply crisis emerged.
- Since May, persistent drone attacks on oil infrastructure have disrupted refining capacity, leaving output approximately 30% below seasonal norms despite government import efforts to stabilize supply.
- Gazprom Neft, Tatneft, and Rosneft have capped fuel sales at 30–60 liters per vehicle, while crowdsourced data from GdeBENZ shows fuel available at just 28.1% of Russian filling stations tracked on August 16.
- Public frustration has sparked fights at pumps, leading authorities to fine resident Tatyana Smetanko 10,000 rubles for 'illegal campaigning' after she complained about unequal fuel access.
- Analysts warn the fuel crisis may intensify in early September when Belarus's Novopolotsk refinery and several major Russian plants undergo scheduled maintenance, threatening further strain on the domestic market.
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On Wednesday, gasoline was available at fewer than one in three stations in Russia. This is another sign that the second wave of the fuel crisis is more serious than the first. According to the Gdebenz app, fuel was available at only 28% of stations in the country on that day. A week earlier, the figure was 41%. Problems are also affecting residents of the capital. In Moscow, queues at pumps appeared for the first time. According to Yandex, AI-9…
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Only 28 percent of Russian gas stations currently have gasoline, according to monitoring, the Russian newspaper Izvestia reported. “Motorists have faced a second wave of the fuel crisis in recent days,” it wrote bluntly. The reason is the ongoing repairs of refineries and further Ukrainian attacks. However, the difficulties are also related to logistics, as gasoline is not getting to some regions.
Moscow petrol queues return as Russian fuel crisis deepens
Disgruntled motorists in Moscow have sat for hours in long gasoline station queues this week to fill their cars with limited volumes of fuel, in a second wave of a crisis due to high seasonal demand and Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries. Fuel stations in Moscow have reimposed limits on gasoline purchases due to the […]
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