Government of the Russian Federation
Russia's federal government, whose news feed logs ministers' official engagements.
Russia's government extended its ban on producer diesel exports to 31 October on 29 September 2026, then reversed course: on 10 October Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said exports would restart early, at 300,000 tonnes this month.
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Extended the producer diesel export ban to 31 October
Russia-Ukraine War 2026: Novak lifts Russian diesel export curbsSent the 2027-29 draft budget to the State Duma
Russia-Ukraine War 2026: Russia plans record 17.1tn for defenceBackground
As Russia's federal executive, the Government of the Russian Federation drafts the federal budget, sets economic and energy policy, including export bans on fuel, and logs its decisions and ministers' engagements on its official news feed.
Energy policy runs through Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. In summer 2026 the government's own record was revealing for what it left out: a check of its feed between 14 July and 2 August found no item on diesel, fuel exports or refining, while Novak's logged engagements focused on OPEC+ quota diplomacy. By October Novak was the minister announcing the early restart of diesel exports.
The government's choices in 2026 show its order of priorities under sanctions and drone strikes. It keeps defence spending at record levels in the draft 2027 budget, and moves fuel between home and export markets as revenue requires.
The export ban ended early
The government's diesel policy moved twice in two weeks. On 29 September 2026 it extended the ban on producer diesel exports to 31 October; on 10 October Novak announced that exports would resume early, at 300,000 tonnes in October.
The reversal contradicted Vladimir Putin, WHO had said in late September that diesel would stay off world markets while sanctions stood. It came the day after his 9 October call with Donald Trump, and the same day the US Treasury licensed imports of Russian diesel. For the government, the decision trades a domestic fuel buffer for export revenue that its budget badly needs.
Defence spending rises as revenue falls
The government sent its 2027 draft budget to the State Duma at the end of September 2026. It gives defence a record 17.1tn roubles, Reuters reported, even though the government now expects only 7,584bn roubles from oil and gas this year, 1,335bn short of plan.
The Finance Ministry's accounts already show the gap: a federal deficit of 5.19tn roubles for January to September, and the Finance Ministry says it is covering it mostly without new bond sales. The draft shows the government's priority: when energy income shrinks, war spending is protected and the shortfall is pushed onto reserves and other taxes.
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