On the eve of the harvesting campaign, farmers in southern Russia are reporting fuel shortages.

🔸 About the shortage of fuels and lubricants said Today at the exhibition "Don Field Day" the Minister of Agriculture Rostov region Anna Kasyanenko. According to her, the region's farmers have so far stocked up on about 70 tons of fuel and lubricants for the harvest, which is 54% of the total need.

Kasyanenko did not disclose how the region plans to resolve the problem, assuring only that the ministry and the government are "taking all possible measures to stabilize the situation."

🔸Farmers are also reporting a shortage of diesel fuel Stavropol Krai. "Now diesel costs up to 110 rubles per ton; a year ago, the price was at 72 rubles per ton. But the problem isn't even the price. The problem is that it's not available,"— сообщил Chairman of the Union of Employers of the Agro-Industrial Complex of Stavropol Krai, member of the Duma Committee on Agrarian and Land Issues Petr Korotchenko.

At one of the region's major oil depots, journalists were told that let go Diesel fuel to agricultural producers only upon preliminary requests and after the conclusion of contracts. 

Regional authorities, however, say the situation is stable.

🔸Authorities Of the Krasnodar Territory explain gas shortages artificial hype and сообщают There is no real shortage. According to the governor's representative for interaction with peasant (farmer) households Vyacheslav Legkodukh, farmers “stock up on fuel in the winter, when it costs a lot more money.”

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Energy has created headquarters to stabilize the situation. First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Control Dmitry Gusev proposed introducing priority supplies to farmers.

Earlier, NeMoskva wrote that restrictions on fuel sales introduced in almost every fourth Russian region.