Kazakhstan has restricted the entry of passenger and cargo vehicles from neighboring countries to once a day in an effort to curb illegal fuel exports, as Russian citizens seek cheaper gasoline amid a deepening fuel crisis.Deputy Energy Minister Kayirkhan Tutkyshbayev noted a sharp rise in gasoline demand in regions bordering Russia, including West Kazakhstan, Aktobe and Pavlodar, where lines have begun forming at local gas stations, according to Kazakh outlet Tengri News.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.“The main work is now underway to identify cars with additional fuel tanks that are used for ‘gray’ export of fuel,” Tutkyshbayev said, adding that “this work is jointly carried out by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Financial Monitoring Agency, the Border Service and the customs authorities.” A price gap driving “gasoline tourism”According to Forbes Kazakhstan, drivers from Russia’s Samara, Saratov, Orenburg, Astrakhan, Volgograd, Novosibirsk, and Omsk regions have been crossing into Kazakhstan for cheaper fuel, with the heaviest traffic reported in Uralsk, roughly 200 kilometers (124 miles) from Samara.The outlet reported that a liter of AI-95 gasoline in Uralsk costs around 45 rubles ($0.59) on average, compared to roughly 74 rubles ($0.96) for the same fuel in Russia, prompting Russian citizens to travel to Kazakhstan in search of gasoline. Diesel and AI-92 fuel showed similarly wide price gaps between the two countries, Forbes Kazakhstan reported.