Russia extends diesel export ban until end of October
The measure follows refinery damage from Ukrainian attacks and comes as investigators examine 58 suspected price-gouging cases at Russian gas stations.
- On Wednesday, the Russian government extended its ban on diesel exports for producers through Oct. 31, citing the need to "maintain stability in the domestic fuel market" during the harvest season.
- Since the summer, Ukrainian drone strikes have forced Russian authorities to repeatedly curb fuel exports; the military claimed last week that strikes knocked out more than 45% of refining capacity.
- Gasoline prices have climbed 21% to $3.39 per gallon as of Sept. 14, and fuel rationing has been reintroduced in several Russian regions amid ongoing shortages.
- The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service announced on Wednesday it is investigating 58 cases of suspected price gouging by independent gas station chains across the country.
- Broader energy restrictions remain active, with jet fuel bans through November and gasoline export curbs through January, adding strain to a global market rattled by wars in Ukraine and Iran.
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Gas stations across the country are rationing gasoline and diesel, creating long lines. Now the ban on sending diesel out of the country has been extended for another month.
Russia extended until the end of October the ban on most of its diesel exports, further tightening the global market precisely when demand increases with the approaching winter in the Northern Hemisphere and at a time when the US also assesses restricting its external sales. Moscow imposed in July the ban on diesel exports by producers, amidst a wave of Ukrainian attacks on its refineries, which led to the processing of oil at minimum levels of …
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