Russia's gasoline supply crisis is spreading to Central Asia, where several
countries lack sufficient domestic fuel production and have long relied on
Russian imports. Kyrgyzstan said this week it has asked regional partners
including Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to help secure energy and
stabilize domestic oil-product supplies. Uzbekistan has seen a sharp rise in
gasoline prices, and Kazakhstan has tightened border controls to curb illicit
fuel exports. The disruption follows refinery outages in Russia after Ukrainian
drone strikes; local authorities and media report that by end-June roughly 90%
of Russian regions were under fuel rationing or experiencing supply
interruptions.
