Moscow's fuel stations limit sales amid shortages
Major chains capped gasoline sales as drone strikes and summer demand tightened supplies, with nationwide petrol availability falling to 28.1%, Reuters reported.
- Major Russian fuel networks including Rosneft, Russia's largest oil producer, Gazprom Neft, and Tatneft reintroduced gasoline purchase limits in Moscow and at least 10 regions on Monday, capping sales at 30, 40–60, and 50 liters per vehicle respectively.
- Persistent Ukrainian drone strikes forced the shutdown of at least 26 oil refineries, driving Russia's daily refining capacity to 3.6 million barrels per day—the lowest level since May 2002—as high seasonal demand compounds the shortage.
- Monitoring service GdeBENZ reported nationwide fuel availability at just 28% of filling stations on Wednesday, down from 41% a week earlier, while viral footage shows motorists fighting in long queues across Moscow and other regions.
- To stabilize supplies, authorities banned fuel exports, eased quality standards, and began importing petroleum from Belarus; courts issued 10,000-ruble fines to citizens caught publicly complaining about shortages.
- Scheduled maintenance at refineries in Russia and Belarus threatens to deepen the fuel crisis by early September, while continued Ukrainian drone attacks on energy infrastructure further strain logistics and supplies.
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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…
Russia, traditionally an exporter of oil and petroleum products, has begun to import fuel in the face of shortages caused by Ukrainian attacks
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.
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