Gasoline shortage looms in Russia

By JACOB GRONHOLT-PEDERSEN

The world’s biggest oil producer Russia is facing gasoline shortages in some parts of the country, as prices are kept artificially low, leading producers to cash in on higher fuel prices abroad.
 
Russian car-owners are seeing petrol stations halt operations across the country, following an order by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in February to investigate steep increases in gasoline prices, which led producers to ship more fuel for exports.

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