16 June 2026
Rosneft gas stations, as well as Bashneft and TNK (part of Rosneft), have banned the sale of gasoline in cans across all regions of Russia. According to Verstka, hotline operators attributed the ban to “increased seasonal demand.”
“Fueling is only permitted in the vehicle’s tank. This applies to all network stations, including Rosneft, Bashneft, and TNK. This information is provided to all customers in Russia. These restrictions are temporary,” one operator reported. However, they emphasized that conditions are subject to change and advised checking with the stations themselves. Another operator added that “as a rule,” the network’s stations have a 90-liter per vehicle limit.
Due to the fuel crisis, gas stations in many regions are introducing various restrictions: liter limits, bans on filling canisters, and the issuance of purchase coupons. Some measures are becoming federal.
Thus, Tatneft imposed limits on gasoline and diesel sales at all its gas stations. The restrictions were prompted by Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refining infrastructure. On the night of June 12, Ukrainian Armed Forces drones attacked the Taneco refinery in Nizhnekamsk, Tatneft’s largest facility, after which the refinery completely halted oil refining, Kommersant reported. The restrictions at Tatneft gas stations extended to Tatarstan, Udmurtia, Moscow, St. Petersburg, as well as the Orenburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Voronezh, Samara, and other regions.
According to the publication “7×7,” at least 25 Russian regions (excluding the occupied territories of Ukraine) were facing fuel shortages by June 10. Including the six occupied Ukrainian regions—Crimea, Sevastopol, and the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia oblasts—the number of regions facing fuel shortages reached 31.
Meanwhile, the government has authorized certain refineries to supply gasoline and diesel fuel to the domestic market with sulfur content deviating from the Euro-5 standard, Kommersant reports. In effect, Euro-3 fuel—with a sulfur content of up to 350 milligrams per kilogram, versus 10 milligrams per kilogram for Euro-5—is now permitted. As Sergei Frolov, managing partner of NEFT Research, warned, using such fuel will increase wear on engines, exhaust systems, and catalytic converters. However, Kommersant’s sources note that even this does not solve the shortage problem.
Happy times in mafia land.
“increased seasonal demand.”
Plus non-existent air defences allowing Ukraine to blow up oil refineries at will.
And this nearly every day.
Wait, but putler keeps telling us russia is a superpower…all I see is super powerful fires in russia…