The formation of prices is affected by several factors, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS). Among them, the seasonal demand for oil products, the growth of world oil prices and industry costs of oil companies, as well as the volume of production of petroleum products. In Russia, high fuel prices are associated primarily with a large tax burden on oil producers. According to the Federal Antimonopoly Service, taxes account for 65% of the final price for a liter of gasoline for cars. Over the past three years, the mineral extraction tax has been increased three times:

from January 1, 2015, by 273 rubles per ton of produced oil (55.4%), from January 1, 2016, by 91 rubles per ton (11.8%), from 1 January 2017 at 62 rubles per ton (7.2%). A similar increase occurred in 2018. In addition, domestic refineries (refineries) lay in the cost of the product costs for planned preventive and repair work. Another important factor FAS called the terms of small wholesale fuel sales to independent business entities and a sufficient number of reservoirs to create reserves.