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Ulaanbaatar Accelerates Housing and Ring-Road Plans as Russia Pledges More Fuel, Sanitation Risks Spotlighted

Russian assurances on fuel supplies anchor a broader push to expand housing, cut congestion, tackle sanitation risks.

Overview

  • Russia’s prime minister told Mongolia the country is exempt from Moscow’s fuel export limits and that oil-product deliveries to Mongolia will increase.
  • Industry officials said this week’s petrol shortfall in Ulaanbaatar was a brief delivery-timing issue from depots that close on weekends, with overall A92 supply and prices reported stable.
  • Construction in the Selbe sub-center is advancing with foundations started for 82 of 113 blocks toward 8,565 homes, and the first residents are slated to move in by July 2027.
  • Planning for new orbital roads is progressing, with an international tender out for the First Ring Road—projected to cut central congestion by 20–25% and create thousands of jobs—while a feasibility study maps the Second Ring Road’s western and eastern corridors.
  • Water authorities reported intestinal bacteria in river samples across multiple sites and highlighted roughly 680,000 pit latrines in the capital, as regulators and experts press factories to install wastewater pre-treatment despite space and technical hurdles.