A fuel crisis has hit Russia’s political and economic heartlands, with retail networks in Moscow and St. Petersburg enforcing caps on gasoline and diesel sales.

Russia is downplaying a growing fuel crisis as Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries and supply routes force export cuts and trigger gas station rationing.

Tatarstan and major filling station chains in Moscow and St Petersburg have restricted petrol sales amid fuel shortages following Ukrainian strikes.

A fuel crisis has hit Russia’s political and economic heartlands, with retail networks in Moscow and St. Petersburg enforcing caps on gasoline and diesel sales.

Ukraine has for months targeted Russian refineries, pipelines and fuel depots in an effort to curb Moscow’s ability to finance the war on its neighbour, now in its fifth year

The pressure on Russia’s refining sector has intensified following sustained Ukrainian drone strikes.

Some gas stations in Moscow have introduced purchase limits, restricting customers to 20 liters of gasoline and 40 liters of diesel per transaction.

Russia’s government has authorized some refineries to produce gasoline and diesel with higher sulfur content and other lower environmental specifications in a bid to alleviate the…

Russia’s Tatneft has introduced nationwide limits on gasoline and diesel purchases.