Prices in Russia for imported Belarusian gasoline nearly double in a month amid fuel crisis

Source: Kommersant

Prices for Belarusian AI-92 gasoline delivered to Russia jumped 6% over the past week to 127,000 rubles per ton, the Russian business daily Kommersant reported, citing data from the National Exchange Price Agency.

Since early May, the price of Belarusian gasoline has risen 1.8 times.

Between June 1 and June 26, 2026, exchange sales of Belarusian gasoline totaled 79,380 tons. A year earlier, sales of gasoline from Belarusian refineries on the exchange had been minimal.

Market participants say two Belarusian refineries could theoretically supply the Moscow region with fuel, but their capacity is limited — leaving the potential for nationwide deliveries modest.

Amid the fuel crisis, Russia imported 5,170 metric tons of aviation fuel from Belarus in May — nearly four times as much as in May 2025. In the first 10 days of June alone, imports reached 2,600 metric tons.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on June 30 that Russia was in talks to import fuel but declined to say which countries it planned to buy petroleum products from. At a meeting on the fuel market on Sunday, June 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed officials to “work out the issue of importing petroleum products.”

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