11 July 2026

The price of gasoline at one of Yalta’s gas stations has reached 350 rubles per liter, Alexander Slepinin, the owner of a guesthouse in the city, told Kommersant . He noted that this is the only city gas station where fuel is currently sold freely, but there are no lines—due to such a high price, most motorists cannot afford to fill up. “A canister costs 7,000 rubles. Tourists who arrive by car bring their own supplies. There is almost no tourist flow. At a nearby hotel, all the staff were sent home, and the remaining employees had their salaries cut in half,” Slepinin lamented.

On the morning of Saturday, July 11, the so-called Ministry of Fuel and Energy of annexed Crimea announced that fuel was now freely available at 99 gas stations on the peninsula. In Sevastopol, local “authorities” claimed that gasoline was available at nine stations, but restrictions remained: no more than 20 liters per vehicle, and sales in canisters were prohibited.

Rosstat previously stated that the average price of AI-92 gasoline in Crimea was 123.5 rubles per liter, and AI-95 was 170.6 rubles. However, as Kommersant reported , a liter of gasoline at Sevastopol gas stations actually costs up to 199 rubles, and 185-200 rubles in Crimea overall. According to Kommersant, prices on the black market reach 250-400 rubles per liter. According to official statistics, by July 6, the annual increase in gasoline prices in Russia reached 21.9%—the highest level since 2010.

The fuel crisis was triggered by Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries. According to Reuters, gasoline production in Russia this week fell to 65% of summer consumption levels, while diesel output has fallen by almost 40%. Energy Intelligence estimates that the attacks have caused Russian refinery utilization rates to drop to their lowest levels in over two decades. Officially, fuel sales restrictions are in place in more than 40 regions of the country; however, according to The Insider’s calculations, various limits and bans have been imposed in virtually all Russian regions, as well as in the occupied territories of Ukraine.

https://ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/07/11/tseni-na-benzin-v-yalte-dostigli-350-rublei-za-litr-a200566