Russia’s Leningrad Region recommends limiting gasoline and diesel sales
The Leningrad region’s operational headquarters has recommended that gas stations limit fuel sales to 30 liters (7.9 gallons) of gasoline and 50 liters (13.2 gallons) of diesel fuel per customer, Leningrad Governor Alexander Drozdenko said.
He explained that the decision was made “because a number of major vertically integrated oil companies are introducing limits on the volume of fuel they sell.”
The restrictions, he added, are “meant to prevent panic buying.”
Rosneft began imposing restrictions at its gas stations in all regions of Russia after Ukrainian drone strikes targeted several of its oil refineries.
Ukraine attacked the Leningrad region overnight on November 9. One person was killed. The strike sparked a fire at the Kirishinefteorgsintez oil refinery, part of the Russian oil company Surgutneftegas and one of the largest refineries in the country.
Russia experienced several waves of a fuel crisis in 2026 amid Ukrainian drone strikes on its oil facilities.
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