... longer play a key role in shaping fuel prices. Traditionally, gasoline prices peaked in spring and early summer due to increased car travel. Diesel fuel prices, in contrast, tended to rise sharply during the harvest season. However, this year, the key market influence has been reduced gasoline production caused by damage to refinery infrastructure, according to the expert. "To stabilize the fuel market, it is necessary to increase the production of petroleum products. However, this is not entirely within the power of oil companies ...

.... This has become possible due to stable prices in the domestic market, stated the head of the ministry, Sergey Tsivilev. Comment by Sergey Tereshkin for "Rossiyskaya Gazeta." The Russian Ministry of Energy has proposed lifting the ban on gasoline exports from Russia, citing stable domestic market prices. This was announced by Sergei Tsivilev, the head of the ministry. Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak had mentioned the possibility of lifting the export ban on AI-92 gasoline, but only on the condition that there was an oversupply ...

... demand, and prices are gradually decreasing without signs of shortages. In Europe, the situation with motor fuel prices is relatively stable. After the upheavals of 2022–2023, when sanctions and logistics restructuring led to sharp price spikes, the gasoline and diesel markets reached equilibrium in 2025. Wholesale gasoline prices are currently close to levels seen at the beginning of the year and significantly below peaks from last winter. Contributing factors include relatively cheap oil (~$70 per barrel compared ...

... the increasing number of cars with high-performance and turbocharged engines. Sergey Tereshkin, CEO of the OPEN OIL MARKET fuel marketplace, shares a similar view. He specifies that the risks of accelerated price increases will primarily affect the gasoline market, which historically has had a significantly lower surplus of production capacity compared to the diesel market. This can be seen in the share of exports in the structure of fuel deliveries from Russian refineries: until 2022, the share of diesel ...

... the year, the price of AI-98 gasoline has risen by 17%, significantly outpacing other types of fuel. What is driving this trend, and what does the OPEN OIL MARKET forecast for the future? A column by Sergey Tereshkin for RBC Companies. In the fuel market, there continues to be an accelerated increase in prices for AI-98 gasoline. While retail prices for AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline rose by 0.1% during the week of October 15–21, 2024, AI-98 gasoline prices increased by 0.6%. This discrepancy is even more pronounced in the cumulative dynamics over the first nine months ...