The shortage of gasoline can come to the capital: despite the fact that extended from September sales of fuel of the second environmental class, gasoline exchanges no more. In addition, in November for scheduled maintenance will be stopped Moscow refinery. According to enquiries and information center "Cortes", for the past week offer oil on three exchanges was of 275.4 thousand tons, and demand - more than 2 million tons of Growth of retail prices also postando continues as independent operators have to purchase fuel at high prices and sell them at gas stations at inflated retail. Oil companies depending on the situation or keep retail on the same level, but work out at the expense of small protected areas, or slightly increase the price at the gas station, reports RBC Daily. Independent operators go bankrupt, but the oil companies purchase of petrol stations located in quite profitable. In the regions there is still a lack of fuel, which cannot be said about Moscow and the Moscow region. However, this deficiency can also occur in connection with the repair of the Moscow refinery. Director of development and marketing at IAC "Cortes" Pavel Strokov believes that Russia is trite repartition of the market, and it will continue until spring. And in the near future, experts expect a rapid rise in gasoline prices.