Russia’s Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) will cease publishing official data on retail fuel prices, marking a significant reduction in the transparency of the country’s consumer price reporting.
The decision, taken by the government last week, removes a key benchmark for tracking inflation and household costs in the world’s largest oil exporter.
The move eliminates the regular release of information on consumption prices for petroleum products, including gasoline and diesel.
Without these official figures, analysts and international observers will face greater difficulty in assessing the real cost of living pressures on Russian households and the effectiveness of state price controls.
This development follows a broader tightening of state oversight in the energy sector.
Russia’s Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) has recently begun coordinating with major e-commerce and digital classifieds platforms to block speculative resales of fuel.