So that prices do not go crazy: the Russian Federation came up with how to solve the crisis in the fuel market

To balance the prices in the wholesale fuel market and stop historical price records for gasoline and diesel the Russian government wants "cardinal steps". In Russia, they are going to dramatically change the fuel market to stop a significant rise in price. Changes have already been written on paper, the proposal is being studied by the government. About it reports the Russian edition of RBC.

As the Russian Federation Vice Prime Minister Alexander Novak explained, wholesale prices are already decreasing, but the Kremlin has been tasked with keeping prices and not raising them. According to him, wholesale prices for fuel in Russia are now gone and the market is balanced. "In principle, this is possible for integrated companies.

There has been a disproportion in the wholesale market, we are now engaged in balancing the wholesale market, and we see that the last two wholesale sessions on the exchange wholesale prices are reduced. This causes the market to be balanced. If you need The more cardinal decision we discuss at the meetings will be ready to apply it, "he said. According to Novak, the decisions were prepared in the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, now they are being studied by the government.

"Let's consider and make a decision in a short time," the Russian Deputy Prime Minister said. According to journalists, recently the head of Gazprom Nefta Alexander Dukov said that Russia was on the verge of deficit of gasoline and diesel. Reason: barrier duties on petroleum products. According to him, due to a sharp increase in duties, the efficiency of oil refineries in the Russian Federation will decrease, so the volume of oil processing will also decrease.

As a result, there will be a lack of fuel in the country. According to the Russian media, the Government of the Russian Federation considers the possibility of raising export duties on petroleum products to $ 250 per tonne for all petroleum products. The authorities believe that it will get stabilizing in the fuel market. At the same time, according to journalists, since September 20, fuel prices for Russian gas stations began to decline. Thus, the AI-95 gasoline fell by 5.

06%at once, up to 69 272 rubles per tonne. The price of 92nd gasoline decreased by almost 4% and stopped at 65. 51 thousand rubles per tonne. And summer diesel fuel has fallen to 73 447 rubles. It is noteworthy that the diesel fell for the first time since the end of August 2023. Before that, the fuel updated historical price records daily. Meanwhile, energy expert Gennady Ryabtsev believes that fuel deficiency in Russia has emerged due to a failure of tax policy.

Focus wrote about it in his material "An empty gas station. Why in Russia an oil crisis and what it will have consequences for the aggressor. " According to him, over the last decade, the Russian Federation has been reforming called "Tax Maneuver", but it does not contribute to a uniform saturation of the country's domestic market with oil products.

"We are constantly seeing the failures of this policy in the central regions, because it is no secret that in the Moscow region from time to time there is a lack of fuel, and in the south of Russia, in national regions closer to the Caucasus," he explained. Focus also wrote that sanctions are changing the global trading market of petroleum products.