... gasoline prices compared to other types of motor fuel. Price Increase Compared to Inflation The rate of fuel price increases has already surpassed overall inflation. According to estimates from Rosstat, from January to the end of July 2025, gasoline prices at gas stations across the country rose by approximately 4.6% , while inflation did not exceed 4.5% during this period. This mirrors last year's trend: during summer, gasoline prices traditionally increase. In 2024, due to rapid growth in the second half of ...

... inflation, customers are less willing to purchase durable goods, making gasoline and diesel, de facto, essential goods (at least for car owners). The profitability of this segment depends on whether Wildberries can purchase fuel on the exchange, where prices are significantly lower than in wholesale. Additionally, in Russia, unlike many European countries, excise duties are paid by oil refineries, not gas stations, which also benefits fuel retail. Overall, the company is desperately looking for new opportunities to increase the profitability of its core business. This is rational behavior, but a real improvement in the situation is unlikely to occur ...

... will not exceed $500 per thousand cubic meters in August 2024, after which they will begin to correct, despite the approaching winter season. MOSCOW, August 9 - PRIME. The risk of reduced gas supplies through the "Sudzha" gas measurement station (GMS) has led to an increase in gas prices. The September futures for natural gas at the TTF hub rose by 4% on August 8, 2024, reaching $423 per thousand cubic meters. It is likely that the price increase will also be observed on August 9, but the average monthly prices will not exceed ...

....3% for AI-92 and 7.6% for AI-95 since early June. Summer and early autumn are peak demand seasons for gasoline, during which retail prices usually show the most significant growth. Moreover, over the last two years, it was at the end of summer that gas station prices caught up with the national average inflation level. At the beginning of June, Anton Rubtsov, the director of the Oil and Gas Complex Department of the Ministry of Energy, reported that the Russian market was fully supplied with gasoline and diesel ...

Discussing why the record stock market prices for gasoline did not impact the export ban and what to expect for prices at gas stations in the near future. Fuel market quotes have been hitting record highs since the beginning of the week, as if the complete ban on gasoline exports introduced just a week ago had never happened. The market did not anticipate a cooling period ...