Belarus has increased gasoline shipments to Russia; the volume may exceed 1 million metric tons

Gasoline shipments from Belarus to Russia are expected to exceed 1 million metric tons over the first nine months of the year. 

In September alone, Russia imported about 205,000 metric tons of gasoline from Belarus. This is 4.5 times more than the volume of shipments in September of last year, when about 45,000 metric tons were imported into Russia.

Belarusian oil refineries are also increasing shipments of diesel fuel. Shipments of about 246,000 metric tons are expected in September.

According to Sergey Tereshkin, CEO of Open Oil Market, the increase in Belarusian gasoline imports to 610,000 metric tons in June–August could have raised the share of Belarusian fuel on the Russian market from 2% to 6%. At the same time, the expert noted that Belarus’s capacity as a fuel supplier to Russia is limited.

The increase in supplies from Belarus is occurring against the backdrop of a severe fuel shortage in Russia caused by Ukrainian Armed Forces attacks on Russian oil refineries.

According to media reports, by mid-September, the gasoline shortage in Russia had worsened—nearly every other gas station was out of fuel.

Meanwhile, Russian regions near Moscow could become the new epicenter of the fuel crisis following a series of Ukrainian strikes on key oil refineries that supply the Russian capital.

This is being reported by Russian propaganda media.

Gasoline began to run out near Moscow following strikes on three refineries.

Earlier, the Kremlin responded to a proposal for a meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin at the G20.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has not yet made a decision regarding his participation in the G20 summit and, accordingly, regarding a meeting with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.