Tatneft has imposed a temporary cap on gasoline and diesel sales at all of its gas stations across Russia, Interfax learned on the company’s hotline.
The stations are also accepting only cash.
The company did not disclose the specific limits.
An Interfax correspondent in Chelyabinsk reported that drivers at Tatneft stations there are being told that, “for technical reasons,” passenger cars may purchase no more than 30 liters (8 gallons) of gasoline or 60 liters (16 gallons) of diesel fuel, while trucks are capped at 300 liters (79 gallons).
Reports that Tatneft gas stations had begun limiting fuel sales emerged on June 14. Residents in Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Cheboksary, and Ulyanovsk said they had encountered the restrictions.
Russia’s fuel crisis began in May amid Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil facilities and other infrastructure. The most severe situation has developed in annexed Crimea, where Ukrainian drones have targeted fuel tankers and other trucks supplying the peninsula via the R-280 Novorossiya highway.
According to estimates by the outlet 7×7, as of June 10 at least 25 Russian regions are experiencing fuel-related problems.
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