Decree No. 1252
Russian government decree of 29 September 2026 extending the producer Diesel Export Ban.
Russia's government pushed the end of its producer Diesel Export Ban to 31 October with this resolution on 29 September 2026. The extension lasted eleven days: on 10 October Alexander Novak announced an early end, with 300,000 tonnes cleared for export that month.
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Decree No. 1252 is a resolution of the Russian government, signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on 29 September 2026. It amends Resolution No. 954 of 30 July 2026, which imposed a temporary ban on exports of certain fuels, and moved the end of the ban on producers from 30 September to 31 October 2026.
The ban covers diesel, Marine fuel and gas oils exported by the companies that refine them, TASS reported. The government justified the extension by pointing to a stable domestic fuel market and to the extra demand of the autumn harvest.
The resolution had a short working life. Vladimir Putin had said in late September that Russian diesel would stay off world markets while sanctions stood. On 10 October, the day after his phone call with Donald Trump, Alexander Novak said the restrictions would be lifted before the date this resolution set.