MOSCOW: Kazakhstan has agreed to supply 50,000 metric tons of gasoline to Russia in July and August as humanitarian aid, four industry sources said on Wednesday. Russia has been beset by fuel shortages, long queues at the filling stations, surging gasoline and diesel prices in the past weeks as Ukraine attacked Russian energy infrastructure including oil refineries to undermine funding of Moscow’s war efforts. Other industry sources have earlier said that Russia started gasoline imports from India.

Kazakhstan could plug Russia’s current gasoline deficit, but it’s a risk. Astana struggles already with self-sufficiency.

The Kremlin confirmed Tuesday that the Russian government is in negotiations with other countries to purchase gasoline as it tries to stabilize its domestic market following a…