20 August 2026
Several major Russian oil companies have restricted gasoline sales at St. Petersburg gas stations, Bumaga reports . Gazprom Neft, in particular, reinstated the 60-liter limit per receipt after it was lifted on August 4, according to a hotline. The chain’s gas stations also restrict filling up more than one canister. Tatneft has imposed a 50-liter limit on AI-95 and AI-92 gasoline.
Meanwhile, the city is experiencing fuel shortages. According to Gazprom Neft’s map, many of its stations are out of AI-95. The GdeBENZ service also records fuel shortages at individual stations, including Lukoil stations. The company acknowledged “localized shortages” due to Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries.
Local drivers in St. Petersburg are also complaining about gasoline shortages. “Most gas stations only have [AI]-92,” one driver wrote in a chat. Another confirmed the lack of AI-95 at several stations. “Gazprom [Neft] and Lukoil [Lukoil] are dying,” he stated.
Fuel sales limits were imposed in Moscow the day before. Gazprom Neft capped gasoline and diesel fuel sales at 40 liters per vehicle, while Tatneft limited them to 50 and 60 liters, respectively. AI-95 was available at only one Neftmagistral gas station. AI-95, AI-92, and diesel fuel were found at only two Lukoil stations.
A Rosneft hotline employee reported that gasoline sales at all company gas stations in the country are limited to 30 liters per car, while there are no limits for diesel fuel. Waiting times at gas stations have been increased due to increased demand.
Fuel shortages in the capital and the Moscow region were reported last week. Local residents reported gasoline shortages and queues at Gazprom, Rosneft, Neftmagistral, and Teboil gas stations following another round of Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries. In August alone, at least four major oil refineries were out of service.
The second wave of the fuel crisis is gaining momentum not only in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but throughout Russia: as of August 16, gasoline or diesel were available at only 28.1% of gas stations nationwide, compared to 41% a week earlier, according to GdeBENZ. Over the past week, fuel shortages have been recorded in the Astrakhan, Volgograd, Irkutsk , Chelyabinsk, Orenburg, Voronezh, Samara, Penza, Saratov, Lipetsk, and Rostov regions, as well as in Tatarstan.
When both top cesspool cities of mafia land are short on fuel, you know things are bad.