The sharp rise in fuel prices in the Rostov region outraged internet users.
The governor of the Rostov region announced the need for 60 thousand tons of fuel for the harvest. Commentators on his Telegram channel asked why the authorities do not limit the rise in gasoline prices, as at several gas stations the price of gasoline approached 170 rubles per liter. Prices are also rising in other regions of southern Russia - gasoline has significantly increased in price in Kalmykia and Stavropol.
As reported by "Caucasian Knot", on July 11, it became known that a limit on fuel sales at gas stations was introduced in the Rostov region. An individual can purchase no more than 30 liters of gasoline for one vehicle. Governor Yuri Slyusar instructed to involve volunteers and Cossacks in duty at gas stations, as well as to organize informing drivers about the availability of fuel and the operating hours of gas stations. Residents of the Rostov region, commenting on his instructions in Telegram, suggested introducing an electronic queue, abandoning nighttime closures of gas stations, and opening additional cash registers.
The governor of the Rostov region, Yuri Slyusar, named ensuring gasoline for the harvest as a priority.
"The main question is ensuring farmers with diesel fuel and gasoline. This is critically important now, when the harvest is in full swing in our southern regions. We are not talking about reserves, but about the volumes that are going 'straight from the wheels' to refuel the equipment. It goes out to the fields every day to harvest. The Rostov region provides an average of 10% of the total harvest in the country. The grain needs to be taken out of the fields and its sale ensured. For the harvest, farms in the Rostov region require 60 thousand tons of fuel," he wrote on his Telegram channel.
However, users asked him about gasoline prices; this post received 48 comments by 18:10 Moscow time. "Are gas station prices regulated or at the discretion of sellers? Gas station p. Rassvet on M-4 - gasoline 95, price 175 rubles per liter, Rostov - Teboil network - gasoline 92 for 100 rubles per liter. Are these normal prices, is this a free market, not speculation during the SVO?!" wrote Igor Yurievich.
"It's just mockery of people!!!!! With such gasoline prices, soon there will be no money left for food," Irina exclaimed.
"Gas stations close for breaks and at night when they HAVE fuel. No one explains why and for what reason. Informing people is necessary so that they understand which gas station has gasoline, which does not, instead of driving around the city in search. And not standing in line only to have the gas station close right in front of them," commented Ivan Sanych, an arm wrestling coach.
"I also don't understand this nighttime closure of gas stations. They artificially create queues as if," writes Sterh.
At some gas stations in the Rostov region, even 92 gasoline costs 169 rubles per liter, a resident of Rostov-on-Don reported, whose story is cited by 161.RU.
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Former State Duma deputy Oleg Pakholkov published a report on gasoline prices in several regions of southern Russia that he traveled through in recent days on his Telegram channel. "I’m telling you about the situation with 95 gasoline. Rostov region - 120-150 without a queue. 75 rubles from an hour to infinity. Kalmykia - 130-160 without a queue. 72 - sometimes a huge queue, at one Lukoil gas station managed in 20 minutes. Stavropol - I only saw 150 and far from everywhere. Dagestan - 115, available everywhere, no other prices. Chechnya - 105, available everywhere, no other prices."