Russia's Fuel Crisis Hits Central Asia – Bloomberg

The gasoline shortage in Russia is beginning to spread to Central Asia, prompting Kyrgyzstan to ask Azerbaijan and other countries to ensure stable supplies of petroleum products, while Uzbekistan is seeing rising fuel prices. 

Kyrgyzstan has appealed to Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan for help in ensuring stable supplies of petroleum products. Kyrgyz authorities emphasize that current reserves are sufficient for now and that the request is purely precautionary. 

In Uzbekistan, the situation is already affecting the market, as the price of AI-92 gasoline on the exchange has risen by nearly 12% since the beginning of June, while daily supply volumes have roughly halved. Meanwhile, Kazakhstan is tightening border controls to stop the illegal export of fuel. Kazakhstan had previously imposed a ban on the export of a number of petroleum products by rail.

This was reported by Bloomberg.

Earlier, the Russian presidential administration sent special “recommendations” to state-run and pro-government media outlets regarding how exactly to report on the fuel shortage in the country.

The fuel crisis is also intensifying in Russia: gasoline is running out at gas stations and lines are growing longer.

Russia has allowed the use of lower-quality gasoline due to the fuel crisis.