The key facts

  • The Leningrad Region introduces limits: 30 liters of gasoline and 50 liters of diesel fuel per person
  • The restrictions also apply to the sale of gasoline in canisters
  • The reason is that large vertically integrated oil companies are limiting fuel supply volumes

A single fuel dispensing limit

Restrictions on gasoline sales are being introduced in the Leningrad Region. The region's governor announced this Alexander Drozdenko in his channel on the Max messenger. According to him, the region's operational headquarters decided to recommend introducing a single temporary fuel dispensing limit across the entire region — in response to a number of large vertically integrated oil companies restricting the volumes of fuel they supply.

What exactly is being restricted

At filling stations, 30 liters of gasoline and 50 liters of diesel fuel will be dispensed per person. The same limits will apply to the sale of gasoline in canisters. The governor explained the measures as aimed at preventing panic buying and reliably meeting the region's residents' refueling needs.

Context

In August, the Russian government allowed the sale of gasoline and diesel fuel of lower environmental classes at filling stations Euro-2, Euro-3, Euro-4 and Euro-5; the decision is in effect from September 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027. The Ministry of Energy explained that previously such grades could be supplied by refineries under internal contracts, but their sale at filling stations was limited, and now during this period they will be able to reach retail on general market terms. It was also previously reported that the profitability of selling fuel in Russia had declined .