The RF Cabinet of Ministers agreed to revise excise taxes on gasoline in the direction of reducing. This was announced by the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Energy Committee Sergei Esyakov. The day before the meeting of the committee took place with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, as well as representatives of oil and gas companies. The parties stated:.

from the beginning of 2018. gasoline went up by 4.7%, diesel fuel - by 9%. In the end, all agreed - it's too much, you have to do something urgently. As a measure, it is proposed to reduce excise taxes on gasoline by 3 thousand. rubles per ton, for diesel fuel - 2 thousand, told RIA Novosti news agency Yesyakov. In the opinion of Yury Matveyko, vice president of the Russian Fuel Union (RTS), if the government had come to such a decision several months ago, a price jump could have been avoided. He recalled that the RTS twice urged officials to pay attention to the situation - at the end of last year and in April of this, but in vain. "Regulators - and the Ministry of Energy and FAS - said that no one sees any problems, the market is doing well, and if there is growth, then it is quite small. In our opinion, regulators have lost control over the oil products market, and the situation we are witnessing is just their inaction or a weak understanding of the situation, "Matveiko said in an interview with REGNUM. However, the expert believes that the problem is not only in excises. The rise in prices in the domestic market creates a fuel shortage that arose because of unlimited exports.

"After the sharp jump in oil prices and the ruble failed, the export alternative of oil companies became more important, and oilmen began actively selling fuel abroad, creating tensions in the domestic Russian market," explained the vice president of RTS. According to Rosstat, retail prices for gasoline in the Russian Federation have been steadily growing all the time. So, from May 7 to May 14, the Ai-92 went up by 48 kopecks, and its average cost in the country was 39.51 rubles. per liter. For a liter of AI-95 at gas stations last week, on average, 42.49 rubles were asked, for Ai-98 - 47.71 rubles. per liter.