Residents of the Saratov region informed ASTRA about the limits at gas stations. The earlier “7×7” calculated, that different types of fuel purchase restrictions have already appeared in 14 regions.
The “head” of the annexed Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, confirmed the cessation of the sale of gasoline coupons and its sale in cash. Earlier, he reported that coupons had stopped being sold. As a matter of priority, utilities and security services, as well as public transport, will be provided with fuel.
At the end of May, residents of Ryazan complained about the lack of AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline at gas stations, amid a drone attack on Rosneft’s Ryazan refinery in mid—May. In the same month, fuel shortages began to be reported at many gas stations in the occupied Crimea: ATAN and AI-92 TPP gas stations sell with a limit of 20 liters per vehicle, refueling in cans is prohibited.
Against the background of UAV attacks on oil facilities in St. Petersburg, gasoline supply was limited to 50 liters per check. Before that, about the limits of up to 20 liters in one hand. It was reported from the occupied areas of the Luhansk region. In the Belgorod and Kursk regions, Rosneft gas stations were temporarily restricted to release of gasoline into cans. Restrictions on gasoline and diesel were also introduced at the gas stations of ORTK, Lukoil and Gazprom in the Moscow region, Moscow and St. Petersburg. According to Fontanka, the problems with the AI-95 are related, among other things, to the shutdowns of refineries in Kirishi and Yaroslavl.
In Krasnoyarsk, at a Rosneft gas station, a local resident was refused to pour gasoline into a canister — employees referred to restrictions imposed on May 29. Residents of the neighboring Tomsk Region faced similar bans. Some gas stations in Karelia have introduced temporary restrictions — the head of the regional Ministry of Industry and Trade explained this by increased demand at the beginning of summer holidays. Gasoline was also stopped at a number of gas stations in the Murmansk region.
In the Voronezh region, residents reported that they could not find gasoline at one of the gas stations in the village of Shilovo. In the Orel region, they stopped releasing gasoline into metal cans. Limits of up to 20 liters have been introduced in Novgorod region. Restrictions have been introduced in Kamchatka in Palan (Koryak district): “so that there are enough fuel reserves in the warehouse before the winter camp opens next year,” the head of Palana said.
A Kommersant source in the fuel market warned that if the situation does not improve, by the end of the summer the crisis will affect “most of the regions” of the country.
