Residents Of The Khabarovsk Territory Of The Russian Federation Remained Without Gasoline

Fuel is only released to hospitals and buses.

The Okhotsk district of Khabarovsk Krai, the hardest-to-reach area of the region the size of Murmansk or Vologda Oblasts, has run out of gasoline, writes The Moscow Times.

The county's only private gas station in Okhotsk, which opened in 2018, stopped selling fuel to ordinary citizens back in mid-March due to a severe shortage of fuel, which is shipped to the region by sea as part of the "Northern Importation" from late spring to late fall. Local residents said that gasoline at gas stations in Okhotsk is only released to hospitals, buses, etc.

People have to get fuel from resellers for 30-35 thousand rubles per barrel of 200 liters (i.e. 150-175 rubles per liter). "Diesel is still being sold, but they say that they seem to want to close it for the population as well," a resident of the district told me. District head Maksim Klimov said last week that with the district's annual demand of 900 tons of gasoline, only 500 tons were brought in during the navigation period. No more than 130 tons of fuel were left in reserve, and they were intended for social institutions, school buses, ambulances and municipal vehicles.

The authorities imposed restrictions on the supply of gasoline to the population, the official explained. Later, this information was confirmed by the governor of the region Dmitry Demeshin. According to him, "under a good set of circumstances" fuel will be delivered to Okhotsk with the start of summer navigation in mid-June. The head of the region said that the first tanker will bring about 200 tons of gasoline to the Okhotsk region, which will be enough for the summer season. However, the fuel supply for citizens will be limited to 20 liters per day.

The regional Ministry of Energy, for its part, promised to "work out the issue" of increasing the volume of fuel purchases. "At present, the remaining fuel stock will be used only to ensure the operability of generating facilities in order to ensure uninterrupted heat and electricity supply to the population of the Okhotsk district," they said.

With a series of attacks by Ukrainian UAVs and the shutdown of at least three major Russian refineries in February-March 2026, the authorities introduced a ban on gasoline exports from April 1. The same restriction was imposed in 2025 due to intensive Ukrainian attacks on oil refining, but despite these measures, most Russian regions experienced severe fuel shortages and rising prices at gas stations.

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