Oil companies promised to provide farmers with fuel – Kommersant

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak held a meeting with representatives of oil companies about fuel supplies to agricultural producers. At the meeting, the participants promised to supply farmers with the necessary volume of automobile fuel.

“The participants noted that there was no shortage of motor fuel. Representatives of oil companies promised to supply farmers with motor fuel in the volume required by the industry,” the statement says. message on the government website. The meeting was also attended by First Deputy Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut and First Deputy Minister of Energy Pavel Sorokin.

On September 6, Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev, at a meeting of the committees on control and agrarian issues, said that the regions were faced with the threat of fuel shortages. At the same meeting, Pavel Sorokin said that the Ministry of Agriculture had already warned about the need for 500 thousand tons of fuel to complete field work before November. To reach this agreement, a meeting was organized with Alexander Novak.

The threat of fuel shortages has already been announced by the Siberian Association of Road Carriers. According to the head of the association, Vyacheslav Trunaev, in addition to rising prices for diesel fuel, the situation is aggravated by the shutdown of several refineries in the region for planned repairs. On this issue, he addressed Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Lusine Balasyan