The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) explained the reasons for the increase in fuel prices in Russia in the current year. Among other factors, the FAS mentioned the restrictions on oil production under the OPEC and Frost agreement, RIA Novosti reports.
in the service emphasizes that the situation provoked several reasons. We are talking, for example, “On the growth of export prices, a seasonal increase in demand, low ambient temperatures and growth prices for oil with the immutability of the ruble quotes.”
According to Rosstat, gasoline at gas stations (gas station) of Russia rose from the beginning of 2021 with a lead of last year’s schedule. In particular, for the week, completed on April 5, gasoline in Russian gas stations rose by 0.3 percent. Since the beginning of the year, prices rose by 3.2 percent, which is 1.3 times more than the entire last year.
Earlier, FAS demanded an explanation from the owners of the gas station. In the letters they received, it says that gas stations must provide FAS with detailed information on each occasion of the increase in fuel prices from January 1. As the representative of the service explained, the basis for the decision to enhance the monitoring was “unfair behavior of the market participants in separate regions.
Earlier in April, it became known that the government was thinking over a new way to combat gasoline prices, since the current measures do not work.