Belarusian gasoline hits Muscovites' wallets: Russian gas stations forced to buy expensive fuel from Belarus
The pace of retail fuel price growth in Moscow and the Moscow region accelerated 3-4 times over the past week, Kommersant writes . Due to Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries, including the Moscow Oil Refinery, fuel shortages are occurring in Russia. Russian independent gas station networks are forced to switch to purchasing more expensive Belarusian gasoline, which has affected prices for consumers.
According to the publication, exchange sales of Belarusian-produced gasoline in Russia during the first three weeks of June increased 51-fold compared to the same period last year — to 51.36 thousand tons.
Belarusian fuel is quite expensive for Russian private gas stations. On the exchange, a ton of Belarusian AI-92 costs over 111 thousand Russian rubles, and AI-95 costs more than 124 thousand. Russian oil products on the exchange are 37-50% cheaper, but it is practically impossible for independent gas station networks to purchase them due to shortages. This is because large Russian companies direct all their resources to their own filling stations.
As a result, the purchase of expensive Belarusian fuel led to AI-95 rising by 3.44 Russian rubles (by 13 kopecks) and AI-92 by 3.87 Russian rubles (by 15 kopecks) in the Moscow region in just one week.
The Federal Antimonopoly Service has already taken an interest in the pricing situation at gas stations in the Moscow region, demanding justification for the high prices from the networks.
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