The free sale of petrol has been completely halted in Crimea
This is according to reports in the Russian media.
According to their estimates, fuel shortages or sales restrictions have been recorded since late May to early June in the Ryazan, Kursk, Belgorod, Pskov, Tomsk, Murmansk, Voronezh, Oryol, Novgorod and Moscow regions, in the Krasnoyarsk and Kamchatka regions, in the Republic of Karelia, as well as in Moscow, St Petersburg and the temporarily occupied Crimea.
On the peninsula, the sale of petrol for cash has been completely restricted since 4 June. The occupying head of the region, Sergey Aksyonov, stated that this was allegedly ‘for a few days’. Fuel will be sold at a rate of 20 litres per person using previously purchased vouchers.
“In order to uphold the rule of law and fairness, and to prevent abuse by fuel market operators, an agreement has been reached that officials from the municipal and republican authorities will be on duty at every petrol station, who will record the registration numbers of vehicles belonging to individuals and legal entities refuelling using vouchers,” Aksyonov wrote.
Fuel sales restrictions were introduced across the entire ORTK petrol station network in Moscow and the Moscow Region on 30 May. A maximum of 60 litres of petrol and 100 litres of diesel fuel are being sold per person.
The ORTK office told the publication that the restrictions will remain in place until further notice. No specific reason for the limits has been given. There are no general restrictions at other petrol stations in the capital and the region, but limits may be introduced at individual stations, Rosneft and Tatneft told the media. Lukoil stated that there are no restrictions on diesel, whilst petrol is being sold at a limit of 100 litres per person.
Rosneft and Tatneft told the publication that there are no general restrictions at their petrol stations, but limits may be introduced at individual stations.
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