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Russia’s Fuel Crisis Disrupts Food Deliveries to St. Petersburg Stores
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Food producers have begun warning supermarket chains in St. Petersburg that fuel shortages may delay deliveries, according to The Moscow Times on July 1.
The outlet cited two retail-market sources who said that suppliers from the Volga region and southern Russia have begun sending formal delay notices.
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One producer based in the Ulyanovsk region wrote to a retailer that its trucks might arrive late because of "force majeure." It asked the store not to file claims over missed delivery windows.
Alexander Myshinsky, head of the group that runs a St. Petersburg supermarket chain, confirmed to the outlet that out-of-town suppliers were reporting delays. He added that the situation remained "not critical" and that most orders were still arriving, if occasionally a little behind schedule.
AKORT, which represents major chains including X5, Lenta, Magnit, and Dixy, stated it was closely tracking the fuel situation and working with suppliers to manage rising costs.
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Its chairman, Stanislav Bogdanov, noted that large federal chains have kept their logistics stable by expanding their own infrastructure, routing, and distribution centers, and adapting to current conditions.
The disruptions come as Russia's fuel crisis deepens nationwide, driven by monthslong Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries. Restrictions on gasoline and diesel sales now affect more than eighty Russian regions.
About forty have imposed official limits, and the rest rely on caps set by individual gas stations.
By late June, fuel-related problems were being reported in roughly 50 to 60 Russian regions, as more than 20 Ukrainian strikes since the start of the year had disabled 8 of the country's 10 largest refineries.
The Moscow refinery in Kapotnya, struck twice in mid-June, sustained damage severe enough to keep it offline for at least six months. International analysts estimated that up to a quarter of Russia's total refining capacity remained shut down or running under heavy restriction.
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