Russia has introduced restrictions on the amount of fuel customers can buy at retail stations to combat shortages that have spread across multiple regions, including Moscow. State oil company Rosneft has capped passenger vehicle gasoline purchases at 30 liters in cities and 50 liters at highway stations, while sales for trucks in some areas are limited to 200 liters of diesel per purchase.
The fuel crisis follows a renewed Ukrainian drone campaign that has targeted at least eight Russian refineries since Oct 30. These strikes have cut Russia’s total crude oil processing capacity by 30%, according to reports from sources. Among the targets was the second-largest refinery in Russia at Kirishi, which processes about 20 million tons of crude annually; that facility was set ablaze in an attack that officials say killed one woman.
