MOSCOW, May 21, 2026 /TASS/. Russia’s domestic motor fuel market remains stable and under control, while the industry is prepared to handle the seasonal increase in demand in a planned manner, the Russian Energy Ministry said.
At present, the domestic market is sufficiently supplied with inventories of light petroleum products, logistics infrastructure is functioning steadily, and no disruptions in regional supplies have been recorded, the ministry said in a statement.
Particular attention is being paid to meeting the needs of the agricultural sector during the sowing campaign period.
Motor fuel supplies to agricultural producers are being carried out as normal, regional requests are being fully satisfied. No fuel shortages for seasonal field work are being observed, the ministry noted.
According to results of trading on the St. Petersburg Exchange on May 20, 23,720 metric tons of gasoline were sold, the lowest daily figure for the 2023-2026 period, TASS was told by the exchange’s press service.
In addition, the exchange’s press service noted that from the beginning of the year through May 20, a total of 3.654 mln metric tons of gasoline had been sold on the exchange, down 8.8% year-on-year.
TASS / Flash Point News 2026.
Russia is self sufficient in gasoline/petrol and diesel and exports excess the article sounds like Russia is making excuses for using fuel for its own purposes that in itself implies weakness of courage in taking a personal action because it effects others. Personally I find that hard to understand you are denying yourself as a person or nation.Be bold you are a person you have a point of view . This ties in with the latest drone attack on a Russian school 6 killed -15 missing I am waiting to see what action ( if any ) Russia takes at… Read more »
This how Zionism works, blame Russia for drone attacks against the Baltic states, while the Baltic’s are allowing Ukrainian drones to attack Russia.
At the same time the Ukrainian (*NATO) army kills more children sitting at school, because Moscow wants no peace.
Moscow wants no peace under the terms of Zelensky and because only Zelensky,s voice is heard in the west due to total censorship and I should know living in one of the most censored western societies in the world .
Its what is known as “lying by omission ” .
Millions of soldiers already found their graves in the proxy NATO war in Ukraine. Mercenaries are replacing the void for the western military, while North Korea supported the Russian troops waving off the proxy NATO attack on the Kursk region on Russia.