Russian gasoline is nearly 20% more expensive than a year ago and rose 6.88% in June 2026 alone as Ukrainian drone strikes choke supply
July 10, 2026, 6:40 pm
Source: Interfax
Consumer gasoline prices in Russia rose 6.88% in June 2026 from the previous month, the Russian news agency Interfax reported, citing Rosstat data.
Compared with June 2025, gasoline prices were up 19.90%.
AI-92 grade gasoline rose 7.3% in June from the prior month, AI-95 gained 6.7%, and AI-98 was up 3.1%. Diesel fuel prices rose 7.1%.
Rosstat data also show that annual inflation in Russia reached 6.02% in June, up from 5.31% a month earlier. Consumer prices rose 0.87% in June and 4.19% since the start of the year. The annual figure topped 6% for the first time since January 2026, when it stood at 6.58%, the Russian business news outlet RBC noted.
RBC also reported that the government and relevant agencies are discussing a new package of measures to support the fuel market. Specifically, authorities plan to analyze the pricing of Belarusian fuel on the St. Petersburg Exchange, resolve the unjustified nighttime closure of gas stations, extend the import damper to diesel fuel, and develop a mechanism for exchange-based swap operations with petroleum products to optimize supply logistics.
Gasoline production in Russia has fallen to 65% of average seasonal consumption following Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries, according to a Reuters assessment.
Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak acknowledged on July 10 that Russia faces “problems and a shortage, because of which we are seeing lines, or gas stations sometimes working unreliably.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Ukrainian forces are striking Russian oil refineries to create a “nervous atmosphere” in the country.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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