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Leningrad Region recommends limits on fuel sales
The Leningrad Region in northwestern Russia recommended limits on fuel sales at gas stations.
The recommended caps are 30 liters of gasoline and 50 liters of diesel per customer.
Governor Alexander Drozdenko said the move followed fuel limits introduced by major oil companies.
Rosneft has restricted sales at its stations across Russia after Ukrainian drone strikes hit several of its refineries.
A drone strike on the region overnight on November 9 killed one person and set fire to a large oil refinery.
The limits are intended to prevent panic buying as Russia faces fuel shortages linked to attacks on oil facilities.
Leningrad Region’s operational headquarters recommended limits on gasoline and diesel sales at gas stations.
The proposed limits are 30 liters of gasoline and 50 liters of diesel per customer.
Governor Alexander Drozdenko said the recommendation was intended to prevent panic buying.
He said the decision followed fuel-sale limits introduced by several major oil companies.
Ukraine attacked the region overnight on November 9, killing one person and sparking a fire at an oil refinery.
- Who
- Leningrad Region’s operational headquarters recommended the limits. Governor Alexander Drozdenko announced them.
- What
- Gas stations were advised to limit sales to 30 liters of gasoline and 50 liters of diesel per customer.
- When
- November 9, 2026.
- Where
- Leningrad Region, Russia.
- Why
- Drozdenko said the limits were meant to prevent panic buying, after major oil companies introduced sales limits.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Russia experienced several waves of a fuel crisis amid Ukrainian drone strikes on oil facilities.
Rosneft began imposing fuel-sale restrictions at its gas stations across Russia.
Ukraine attacked Leningrad Region; one person was killed and a fire broke out at the Kirishinefteorgsintez oil refinery.
Leningrad Region’s operational headquarters recommended limits on gasoline and diesel sales.
- Gasoline limit
- 30 liters per customer
- Diesel limit
- 50 liters per customer
- Region
- Leningrad Region, Russia
- Refinery
- Kirishinefteorgsintez
- Casualties
- One person was killed in the overnight attack on November 9
What people are saying
because a number of major vertically integrated oil companies are introducing limits on the volume of fuel they sell
meant to prevent panic buying