Fearing shortages and rising prices, the Russian government temporarily banned gasoline and diesel exports. “Prevention” order “Price Stabilization of Petroleum Products in Domestic Market”Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandre Novak mentioned energy responsibility.
Approved On Thursday February 29, Prime Minister Michael Mikkostin was suspended for 1 to six months.R From March to 1R September. However, according to the decree, Russian exporters can continue to supply to the Eurasian Economic Union (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, etc.), Mongolia, Uzbekistan and the two Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. through Moscow.
Such a ban may come as a surprise. Russia, the world's third-largest oil producer, needs to be protected from potential fuel shortages. A government that puts a stop to exports and insists on character “temporary” The ban is believed to keep prices buoyant as demand increases. The war in Ukraine, which uses gasoline and diesel heavily to power tanks, armored vehicles and missile batteries, has pushed up railway prices by 8% to 23%, according to Russian opinion. proof's.
Added to this is a new problem. As the Russian invasion enters its third year, the Ukrainian military is trying to undermine the enemy's ability to purge, not without success. Since January, Kyiv has increased its drone strikes on the country's refineries. Six major Russian refineries, which account for 18% of Russia's total crude oil refining industry, recently suffered significant damage after being targeted by drone strikes, according to Bloomberg.
“Repairs to be carried out”
On the night of February 3, an oil refinery of private company Lukoil in Volgograd, the largest producer of petroleum products in Russia's Southern Federal District, was damaged by drones. A subsequent fire destroyed several installations and had to halt part of the production cycle. On January 29, a similar attack affected the Lukoil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod. Four days ago, the turn of the Rosneft oil refinery located in Tuapse, Krasnodar region, on the shores of the Black Sea. Severely damaged, it has now been repaired. On the night of January 21, the terminal of the Novatek company in the port of Ust-Luka was attacked by drones and caught fire. Finally, on January 19, after a drone attack, a fire broke out at the Bryansknefteprotect oil warehouse owned by Rosneft in Klintsy, Bryansk region.
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