Kaluga reintroduces odd-even rationing, Zabaikalsky caps sales at 15 liters as regions respond to renewed refinery strikes

More Russian regions reimposed fuel purchase limits this week as the renewed drone campaign against refineries (Yaroslavl Sept 17, Moscow Sept 20, Samara/Ufa Sept 22) fed through to retail supply. Kaluga region, southwest of Moscow, brought back an odd-even system tied to vehicle license-plate numbers and banned sales into portable canisters starting Wednesday; Governor Vladislav Shapsha said 'the lines [at gas stations] are back,' calling the renewed queues understandable given the pressure on supply. In Siberia's Zabaikalsky region, authorities capped purchases of AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline at 15 liters (about 4 gallons) per vehicle across 48 stations, with local reserves of roughly 17,000 tonnes projected to last about 20 days; 106 of the region's 249 operating stations remained unrestricted. The moves follow Leningrad Oblast's 30-liter cap (in place since mid-September, through Oct 1) and come as the national average gasoline price reached 78.51 RUB/L in mid-September, up 21% since the start of the year, with Ukraine's military claiming more than 45% of Russian refining capacity has now been knocked offline.