Putin first assessed rising gas prices

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Russian President Vladimir Putin could not stay away from the autumn fuel crisis and commented on rising prices on the domestic market.


The head of state demanded that the government, introducing any restrictions, maintain market conditions for all participants in the domestic oil products market.



According to the president, Russian oil companies involved in the export of petroleum products should not seek to extract super-profits from sales of petroleum and petroleum products for the Russian consumer:

We understand that the situation should certainly be a market one, it is like that, but when prices on the world oil market have risen and have risen decently, this does not mean at all that we must ensure the same superprofit within the country. It is necessary one way or another to regulate this area


Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, who negotiated with representatives of Russian oil companies and was responsible for the agreement with them, reported to the president on stabilizing prices on the domestic market.

According to the Deputy Prime Minister, the agreements reached between the government and the oil industry on October 31 will help preserve existing prices until March 2019.

It is worth noting that manufacturers and sellers of petroleum products who were not invited to meet with the government complain that large gas station chains owned by leading companies create an artificial shortage in the market and are forced to raise prices bypassing agreements with the government.
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  1. Shelest2000
    Shelest2000
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    12 November 2018 22: 46
    I found a selection of speeches of GDP on the gasoline theme.
    Nothing has changed in 16 years, just words, words, words .....

    2002 - Putin is concerned about the spike in gas prices.
    2004 - Putin is against speculative gas prices.
    2005 - Putin is dissatisfied with rising gas prices.
    2006 - "We need to respond quickly and monitor the rise in gas prices," Putin said.
    2007 - Putin wants to lower excise tax on high-quality gasoline.
    2008 - Putin promised to deal with high gas prices.
    2009 - Putin demanded to return gas prices to the level of 2008 of the year.
    2010 - Putin believes that gas prices in Russia are too high.
    2011 - Putin became interested in gas prices.
    2011 - Putin is confident that there is a conspiracy between gas producers.
    2011 - Putin promised to "hand on hand" for high gas prices.
    2013 - “This year, the time to fight gas prices has not come yet,” Putin summed up ...
    2014 - Putin is surprised: "... oil is getting cheaper, while gasoline is getting more expensive in Russia (?!).".
    2016 - Putin signed a law to increase excise taxes on gasoline.
    2017 - "In no case should manufacturers, sellers and intermediaries be allowed to raise prices (for gasoline), and this is very obvious, they must be economically justified."