Russia has asked Kazakhstan to supply it with 100,000 tons of gasoline in case of a shortage.
One Reuters source said a supply agreement had already been agreed upon.
At the same time, Shingis Ilyasov, advisor to Kazakhstan’s energy minister, said that the energy ministry had not received such a request from the Russian Federation.
Sources say that Moscow has asked Kazakhstan to create an emergency reserve of 100,000 tons of gasoline ready for delivery to Russia. According to Reuters, Belarus has also agreed to help with supplies.
Earlier it was reported that Ukrainian UAV attacks had knocked out about 14% of Russia’s primary oil refining capacity. However, the authorities say that the situation in the fuel markets “remains stable and the reserves are large enough”.
Reuters reports that normally Russia is a net exporter of fuel and a supplier to international markets, but refinery outages have forced Russian companies to resort to imports.
Moscow imposed a six-month ban on gasoline exports from March 1 to prevent a severe fuel shortage.
