Maxim Shevyrenkov, Head of the Center for Commodity Market Analysis at the Institute for Energy and Finance, commented to Forbes on the situation in the Russian fuel market.
The supply of gasoline and diesel is stabilizing, and several banks have launched services to track fuel availability at gas stations, which show that the peak of hype has passed, Maxim Shevyrenkov says. The expert identifies the surge in demand as one of the key problems: it emerged even before consumers could feel the decline in actual supplies from the refineries.