MOSCOW, June 26. /TASS/. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has instructed relevant agencies, together with regional authorities and companies, to develop a clear mechanism for promptly supplying agricultural producers with fuel, as well as to work out additional measures to support the fuel market and preserve its stability, the Russian government said following another meeting on the fuel market situation.
"Alexander Novak instructed the relevant agencies, together with regional authorities and industry companies, to develop a clear framework for interaction to ensure the prompt supply of fuel resources to agricultural producers and farmers. Additional measures to support the fuel market, aimed at preserving its stability and improving the efficiency of supplies to key categories of consumers, also need to be worked out," the statement said.
Participants in the meeting reviewed the current situation regarding supplies of petroleum products to Russian regions and analyzed pricing trends across the federal districts. Particular attention was paid to farmers' fuel needs during the harvesting campaign. "The need to ensure uninterrupted supplies of the necessary resources to agricultural producers during the seasonal peak in demand, on which the pace and quality of field work directly depend, was emphasized," the government said in the statement.
