russian → English transcript

For the fourth day now, Gazpromneft gas stations have been out of gasoline.

Since Friday evening the electronic displays have shown only dashes, but

there are queues at other gas stations.

Motorists were speculating about what could have caused such a sudden shortage.

Whether they'll have enough fuel today, and, more broadly, what will happen tomorrow.

Could prices soar?

Gasoline has run out at the stations of a single brand.

The gas station employees here shrug their shoulders, saying they don't

know anything, but every drop really counts.

In the Saransk Gazpromneft gas station network, the service is provided by a company

that operates under a franchise.

And there they explain that some problem occurred with the delivery.

Fuel tankers were supposed to arrive several days ago, but

they still haven't arrived.

We're waiting for the fuel; there is supposed to be a delivery, but it's apparently being brought

from Nizhny Novgorod, but this situation arose

either on Wednesday.

Tomorrow or on Wednesday, that is, you can't give exact timeframes

yet?

No, I can't tell you how this came about.

Different gas station brands work with different supplier plants,

so a failure at one does not at all mean that the situation

will be repeated at other stations.

In any case, in the official comment that the federal

gas station network Gazpromneft gave in response to our news request,

it says that the problem that arose is being addressed with all possible effort.

Due to increased demand and the greater strain

on the transport-logistics infrastructure at gas stations, there may

be temporary shortages of certain types of fuel.

The network is doing everything possible to reduce delivery intervals

and to supply stations with petroleum products

in volumes matching the level of demand.

As a result, when gasoline appears at Gazpromneft stations

It's unclear at the gas stations, but it's not

about a global fuel crisis.

The other gas stations in Saransk are taking

advantage of the moment and earning higher profits.

Just business, nothing personal.

Lyudmila Kusirova, Maxim Kiyaykin, Our News.