The government believes that the introduction of maximum permissible retail prices for gasoline and diesel will lead to distortions in market prices and discourage investments in the modernization of refineries and the development of gas station networks. According to the newspaper’s report, the Council of Ministers did not support the relevant bill in this context. “News”.
As the publication recalls, in the fall a group of deputies from the Liberal Democratic Party submitted to the State Duma a government bill establishing the maximum permissible retail prices for fuel. Now the Council of Ministers has considered this but decided not to support it.
According to the government’s review of the draft cited by the newspaper, the materials included in the draft law did not contain any analysis or assessment of the impact of the introduction of the proposed measures on the retail gasoline and diesel markets. It is also stated that government regulation of prices in the domestic market would create insufficient incentives for the supply of fuel to the domestic market, which could cause shortages and lead to an uncontrolled increase in prices.
Before that, expert of the Institute for the Development of Fuel and Energy Complex Technologies Kirill Rodionov expressed The opinion that there is not enough market competition among manufacturers for a noticeable decrease in gasoline prices in Russia.
Previously FAS excited Lawsuits were filed against independent gas stations and oil depots due to increases in fuel prices.