The damper mechanism for gasoline works efficiently. Such an assessment of the work of the authorities on the normalization of fuel prices was given by Vice Prime Minister Alexander Novak, RIA Novosti reports.
According to his statement, without this adjustment, the price of gasoline and diesel fuel on Russian gas stations would be 10 rubles higher.
Currently, the fuel market in the country is regulated, including due to the damping mechanism. It works like this: if the export prices for fuel are higher than the conditional internal, then the state compensates for the manufacturers part of the difference. In the opposite case, the oil company lists the part of the profit to the budget.
Previously, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak spoke of a new way to reduce gasoline prices. According to him, for this you need to temporarily restrict access to the fuel exchange of professional traders. “In particular, we can talk about the temporary ban on the sale of fuel not by manufacturers, prohibit for the purchase of fuel affiliated with vertically integrated oil companies and limiting the limit growth inside the trading session,” he explained.
In early August, stock prices for gasoline AI-92 at the St. Petersburg International Commodity Exchange several times reached record values, reaching 57.6 thousand rubles per ton. Against the background of rising prices, the authorities thought about the temporary ban on exports