Jun 29, 2026
Russia’s largest oil companies are tightening fuel restrictions at their stations in Moscow and the Moscow region as the fuel crisis, which has engulfed virtually every region, deepens. According to RBC , Gazpromneft stations in Moscow, whose Kapotnya refinery burned twice in June after drone strikes, are limiting each customer to 30 liters of gasoline or 60 liters of diesel fuel per fill. Filling canisters is prohibited. The limit for gasoline at highway stations is the same, while for diesel, it is 200 liters, according to the company’s hotline. Gazpromneft has not previously imposed restrictions in the Moscow region.
RBC also learned that at least three Lukoil stations in Moscow have imposed fuel sales limits. Two of them allow a maximum of 20 liters of fuel per customer (the exact fuel type is not specified), while another has a 30 liter limit and also prohibits fuel sales in canisters. Previously, at the end of May, Lukoil stations in the Moscow region imposed a limit of 100 liters of gasoline per receipt; by mid-June, a similar limit was introduced for diesel fuel. Furthermore, one Lukoil Teboil station stated that a maximum of 30 liters of AI-92 gasoline can be filled in a single tank. Another station clarified that the limit—up to 20 liters of gasoline and, if available, 60 liters of diesel fuel per receipt—applies to all stations in the chain.
These restrictions, prompted by Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries, have affected virtually all regions of the Russian Federation, as well as the occupied territories of Ukraine. Most frequently, they impose bans on the sale of fuel in canisters, as well as refueling limits of 15 liters for gasoline.
The Moscow region and Moscow, where drone strikes caused the Kapotnya refinery to catch fire twice in three days and shut down until at least 2027, were hit by the fuel crisis back in late May, following St. Petersburg, Crimea, and border regions. Various restrictions were imposed at gas stations operated by ORTK, Gazprom, Lukoil, Rosneft, and Tatneft. As a result, queues began to form at some stations in the region.
By mid-June, limits were introduced at gas stations of the largest chains in Moscow itself. Tatneft stations prohibited the sale of more than 20 liters of AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline and more than 40 liters of diesel fuel per customer. Rosneft stations imposed a general limit of up to 90 liters per tank or canister.
Moscow and the surrounding region account for 14% of all passenger cars registered in the country, and the region accounts for 19% of Russia’s total road freight traffic and 40% of passenger air traffic, according to Sergei Vakulenko, a representative of the Carnegie Berlin Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and former head of a department at Gazpromneft.
Previously, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak stated that there were sufficient fuel reserves to supply the domestic market, and Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyov emphasized that the gasoline situation at gas stations in the region was under control.
Moscovia is everything in mafia land. It’s the center of their little universe. When such a thing as fuel rationing happens in this city, then you know things are not going well in the shithole. Not at all.
I want to see more whining bitches posting videos on Telegram. They really are living in a bubble and can’t comprehend why the shithole has no gas.