The government agreed with oil companies to freeze fuel prices

1 November 2018

Prices at gas stations should not be changed until 31 December 2018

still agreed: the government and the oil companies came to a common denominator in the debate about fuel prices. The result of the negotiations was the freezing of the price tags at the gas station before the end of 2018. Details lights RBC.

For violations of the agreement will be provided for "joint and several liability": if prices do go up, the government will impose duties on oil exports. Previously this measure has threatened oil industry workers Dmitry Medvedev.

At the meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, representatives of all major oil and gas companies: "Rosneft", "Gazprom", "Gazprom Neft", LUKOIL, "Surgutneftegaz", "Tatneft", the "Neftegazkholding", "New thread" and Irkutsk oil company. They agreed to hold the price level may 2018 until the end of the year.

as one of the measures to support prices, will increase fuel supplies to the domestic market by 3 %. This supposedly will restore the wholesale price level of the end of may. Earlier it was reported that only in September they rose by 10 %.

it Turns out that in the case that at least one of the companies will allow for increasing fuel prices until December 31, he will suffer: duties on the export of oil will increase not only the offender, but the entire industry.

Despite the fact that previous government measures to stabilize prices worked not always in General, experts agree that this time the agreement will be respected. But what will happen on 1 January 2019?