Prices for automotive gasoline in Russia from March 23 to March 29 increased by 0.3 percent, for diesel fuel – by 0.2 percent. This is reported on the website of the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).
Since the beginning of the year, gasoline on Russian gas stations has already risen in price by 2.9 percent, diesel fuel – by 1.4 percent. Inflation for this period amounted to 2.2 percent.
As of March 29, the average cost of gasoline in Russia is 47.43 rubles, diesel fuel was worth an average of 49.42 rubles. The production of gasoline for the last week (from March 22 to March 28) decreased by 5.5 percent compared with the previous one and amounted to 751 thousand tons, diesel fuel – 1.6 million tons.
Following the results of 2020, gasoline prices rose 2.5 percent.
Representatives of industry organizations have previously stated that in separate Russian regions, the cost of gasoline at refueling was lower than wholesale prices, so many gas station owners are forced to sell fuel at a loss. The head of the Primorsky Fuel Union, Vladimir Chirskov, called Sakhalin, Khabarovsky and Primorsky Krai.
The fact that in Russia is unfair to the low price of gasoline, also stated in the Ministry of Energy. According to the agency, it became possible only due to the mechanism of return excise to oil raw materials with damping allowance.