Gas station crisis: Russian regions hit by gasoline shortage and rising prices

The Russian authorities are trying to calm the population and downplay the scale of the fuel crisis, which is affecting more and more regions of the country.

According to a report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), officials are trying to mitigate the effects of rising fuel prices caused by Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, while independent media are reporting serious supply problems.

Assessing the situation, analysts noted in the report: “It will be increasingly difficult for the Russian government to contain the effects of the deficit and stabilize fuel prices.”

Journalists from Fontanka and Vazhnye istorii confirm fuel shortages in St. Petersburg, Voronezh, Tula, and the Tver region. Gas stations of Surgutneftegaz and Tatneft in the Tver region have already imposed temporary restrictions on the sale of gasoline.

Meanwhile, gas stations not owned by major oil holdings are raising retail prices to compensate for potential financial losses. Due to supply disruptions and pent-up demand in the Saratov region, local officials have begun discussing the possibility of imposing mandatory price caps at gas stations.

According to experts, new attacks on Russian energy facilities will lead to an even greater shortage of petroleum products.

As a reminder, on the night of June 21, the Ukrainian Defense Forcesattacked the port of Kerch in temporarily occupied Crimea, as well as the port of Kavkaz in the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation, as a result of which severe fires broke out there.

In addition, power outage schedules have been implemented in temporarily occupied Crimea: part of the region was left without electricity .

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