Antitrust Service Investigating Moscow Gas Stations for Possible Price Gouging (opens original article in a new tab)

Russia's antitrust service is investigating Moscow gas stations over price hikes amid fuel shortages caused by Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries, with rationing measures in place as summer travel and farming seasons begin.

• Russia's FAS ordered two Moscow gas station chains to explain price hikes
• Ukrainian drone attacks damaged a Gazprom Neft refinery supplying a third of Moscow's fuel
• Fuel rationing measures introduced in Moscow and other regions as summer travel and farming seasons begin
• Average gasoline price in Russia rose 6.6% this year to 69.11 rubles per liter