
According to Rosstat, for the period from September 29 to October 5, a reduction in the price of automobile fuel was recorded in a number of constituent entities of the Russian Federation
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The data is based on weekly monitoring of fuel prices conducted by Rosstat.
The cost of gasoline in the week from September 29 to October 5 decreased in 27 regions of Russia, most strongly in Mari El, according to RIA Novosti calculations based on Rosstat data.
Thus, over the week, gasoline in Mari El became cheaper by 2.49%. The cost of fuel decreased by more than 2% in Chuvashia.
A decrease in gasoline prices by more than 1% was noted in three regions: North Ossetia-Alania, Mordovia, and the Rostov region.
A decrease in fuel costs of within 1% was observed in 22 regions. Thus, in Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia, Kalmykia, the Krasnodar Territory, as well as the Vladimir, Lipetsk, Ulyanovsk, Chelyabinsk and Arkhangelsk regions, gasoline fell in price by more than 0.5%.
In Dagestan, Crimea and Altai, Perm and Primorsky territories, as well as Kemerovo, Astrakhan, Tambov, Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Penza, Kursk, Leningrad regions, the rate of price decline was less than this level.

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