Gasoline crisis in Russia: fuel prices approaching record highs
Фото: REUTERS
Gasoline prices on Russian exchanges have been rising sharply over the past two weeks and are approaching a record high.
This is reported by Russian media.
According to the results of trading on Wednesday, the price of A-92 gasoline on the exchange exceeded the psychological mark of zeroing the damper, and the price of A-95 is approaching the record values of 2023. Then the Russian authorities were forced to ban the export of petroleum products for the first time.
It is worth noting that the damper is a tool for regulating fuel prices in Russia, according to which the state determines the price level for gasoline and compensates the difference to oil refining companies from the budget. In 2025, the benchmark for the application of the damper was the price of A-92, which was traded at 66,495 rubles per ton.
The price of A-92 gasoline according to the index of the European part of Russia reached 66,601 rubles per ton.
The stock price of A-95 according to the index of the European part of Russia, according to data as of July 23, was 76,022 rubles per ton, it is confidently approaching the absolute record of 76,797 rubles, recorded in September 2023.
As a reminder, investment banker Sergei Fursa said that Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin does not plan to stop the aggressive war, despite the difficult situation in the economy. At the same time, Russians are actively using the printing press and emptying the reserves of the National Welfare Fund, but these resources will not last long.
As reported, Russia is experiencing an acute labor shortage in many sectors of the economy.
In addition, the head of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, stated that Russia has exhausted the resources that allowed the economy to demonstrate growth for two consecutive years in conditions of war and sanctions.
By the way, the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine (FISS) reports that Russian companies are massively losing their assets abroad amid international sanctions, nationalization, and the breakdown of cooperation with foreign partners.
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