Overview

• Around 50% of gas stations in occupied Crimea and Sevastopol stopped selling gasoline, Kommersant reported, with the Southern Federal District seeing 14.2% of stations suspend sales.
• Gas stations across multiple Russian regions are limiting purchases to 10–20 liters, and major retailers introduced curbs such as banning canister sales and restricting fuel-card payments.
• Belgorod’s governor confirmed local shortages as residents reported station closures and rising pump prices across the oblast.
• Gasoline on the St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange hit record highs, with AI-92 at 73,600 rubles per ton and AI-95 at 71,100 rubles per ton.
• The government ordered companies to activate reserves, delay maintenance and coordinate rail shipments, and officials are weighing an extension of the gasoline export ban and a temporary diesel export ban.