Overview

• An Oct. 12 presidential decree preserves fuel damper payments regardless of domestic price thresholds from Oct. 1, 2025 to May 1, 2026 and exempts diesel produced by mixing with jet fuel from excise during the same period.
• Russia’s Energy and Finance ministries state the moratorium is intended to keep refinery incentives aligned with domestic supply and stabilize pump prices.
• SPIMEX data showed a modest uptick after the announcement, with summer diesel up 0.67% to 73,551 rubles per tonne and AI-92 near record levels after a 0.02% gain.
• National Automobile Union asked the Federal Antimonopoly Service to consider a retail price cap tied to each region’s same-day 2024 average plus accumulated inflation.
• First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov ordered the Industry and Trade Ministry to draft options to delay new car recycling fee rules after a request from Delovaya Rossiya.