Russia’s growing fuel shortage, driven by Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes on refineries and energy infrastructure, has prompted Moscow to import gasoline from Asia and allow the use of monomethyl aniline — an octane-boosting additive — in fuel production for six months, reports Kommersant.
The Russian government plans to waive import duties of 5% on gasoline imported from China, South Korea and Singapore, according to the report. It will also propose increasing imports from Belarus.
According to analytics firm Ciala, nearly 38% of Russia’s oil refining capacity was offline at the end of September with 70% of the outages caused by drone strikes.
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