Overview

• Many filling stations in Crimea are out of gasoline or closed, with local outlets sharing images of blank price boards and empty pumps.
• Crimea’s Kremlin-installed leader Sergei Aksjonow acknowledged shortages and said AI-95 supplies should resume within days, with AI-92 availability targeted within two weeks.
• Russia will prolong its petrol export ban through year-end and intends to restrict diesel exports for non-producers over the same period, according to Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.
• Traders report that refinery output in Russia has been intermittently reduced—on some days by about one-fifth—and shipments from key ports have declined after a wave of Ukrainian attacks on refineries and terminals, including Salavat and Volgograd.
• Domestic fuel prices have climbed, with AI-92 hitting a reported record high, while independent stations are bearing the brunt and some local authorities have introduced rationing for priority vehicles.