Overview
- Gas stations in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad region have imposed sale limits, with Surgutneftegaz outlets restricting purchases to 50 liters per transaction and some stations requiring special client cards.
- In Russian‑administered Crimea authorities suspended cash sales and are issuing fuel only by previously issued coupons at a limit of 20 liters per person, according to the region’s head Sergey Aksyonov.
- Reports link the shortages to damage at the Kirishi refinery after early‑May drone attacks, and the plant has not returned to normal output, cutting supplies to local retail networks.
- Similar rationing has already appeared in Sevastopol, Belgorod and Kursk regions and on some pumps in Moscow and the surrounding oblast, and officials and industry sources point to strikes on refineries and logistics as the root cause.
- The measures are reducing motorists’ access to gasoline and may force more outlets to adopt coupons or purchase limits until refinery output and delivery routes are restored.