politics
Irkutsk police begin detaining gasoline resellers. Earlier, the governor asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to stop reselling fuel
In Irkutsk over the past day, police detained four people selling gasoline by hand. As reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs Directorate for the Irkutsk Region, protocols were drawn up against the detainees under the article on illegal entrepreneurial activity (Art. 14.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).
TL;DR
- Four individuals were detained in Irkutsk for illegally selling gasoline by hand.
- Protocols were drawn up against the detainees for illegal entrepreneurial activity.
- One detainee was apprehended after advertising gasoline for sale online at 250 rubles per liter.
- The regional governor declared a heightened readiness regime, restricting fuel sales to 50 liters per vehicle and prohibiting sales in containers other than car tanks.
- The governor requested police to prevent and suppress illegal fuel reselling.
- Fuel shortages are occurring across Russia due to strikes on oil refining infrastructure.
- Online marketplaces like Avito, Ozon, and Wildberries have banned gasoline sales advertisements.