Maxim Shaskolsky, head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS), said that the apartment did not comply with the prerequisites for the occurrence of fuel shortages in the Russian domestic market and an increase in prices for it. Transmits words TASS.
“There are no such prerequisites,” Shaskolsky said.
According to him, at the moment there are sufficient reserves of petroleum products in the Russian Federation, and domestic companies know that at the moment the main priority is to saturate the domestic market.
“We have enough fuel, prices at gas stations do not change,” said the head of the FAS.
As Shaskolsky clarified, planned repairs to oil refineries (OR) will not affect domestic oil supply.
“Reserves are created, seasonality is taken into account when preparing plans,” he summarized.
Kommersant in January WroteHe said the cost of gasoline and diesel fuel on the St. Petersburg International Commodity Exchange (SPIMEX) fell to the lowest levels in several years amid expectations for the EU embargo on imports of Russian petroleum products to be implemented on Feb.