Russia reports 93 fuel price agreements across 35 regions

Regional authorities and independent filling station operators have signed 93 fuel price stabilization agreements across 35 Russian regions. The Federal Antimonopoly Service announced the figures on October 9, identifying price restraint as their objective.

Twenty agreements were signed with operators owning more than 20 filling stations in their respective regions. That threshold describes the size of participating networks, rather than the total number of stations covered by all agreements.

These operators work in Voronezh, Kemerovo, Irkutsk, Belgorod, Kirov, Volgograd, Samara, Tambov and Vologda Regions. The list also includes Mordovia, Tatarstan, Khakassia, Buryatia and Sakha (Yakutia), alongside Stavropol, Perm and Khabarovsk Territories.

The agency said agreements are concluded under government Resolution No. 662. It had previously written to regional authorities explaining the possibility of using the mechanism. The first agreements were signed in August and September.

The service pledged continued organizational and advisory assistance to regional governments and independent operators, including support for implementing signed agreements. Its announcement of agreement totals did not assess subsequent price changes at filling stations.