Makhachkala drivers have noticed a reduction in fuel shortages.

The situation with gasoline availability in Makhachkala has improved, although many gas stations are still closed, but fuel prices are not decreasing, so trips have to be limited, residents of Makhachkala told "Caucasian Knot."

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", on June 25, restrictions on the sale of no more than 20 liters of gasoline and 50 liters of diesel per person were introduced in Dagestan. The authorities' report on measures to stabilize fuel prices caused skepticism among the residents of the republic. In early July, the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia for Dagestan initiated inspections of gas stations in the region due to fuel shortages.

On Shamil Avenue in Makhachkala, there are about six gas stations located on the stretch from the "Trolleybus Ring" to Tashkent Street. During the day on June 6, there were no queues observed there, but all gas stations in this area had previously been closed. At gas stations in other locations, there were practically no queues as before, a maximum of 3-4 cars. Some had notices about fuel sale restrictions - no more than 20 liters per person, reported a correspondent of "Caucasian Knot."

The situation with fuel at gas stations in Dagestan is gradually stabilizing, queues at most gas stations have disappeared, reported the Telegram channel "What’s up with Dagestanis?" run by the head of the Dagestan Regional Management Center, Israfill Israfilov, on July 6.

However, at a number of gas stations, restrictions on gasoline sales still apply - no more than 20 liters per person. In addition, fuel prices remain high, and no decrease in prices is currently observed.

The channel launched a survey: Are there queues at gas stations in your area now? As of 20:40 Moscow time, 714 responses were received: 14% - queues still exist, 58% - there are no queues anymore, 20% have not refueled in recent days.

A driver from Makhachkala, Rashid, told a correspondent of "Caucasian Knot" that on June 6, he refueled 95 gasoline at a gas station for 115 rubles per liter.

"Several gas stations were not working. The one I found had only 2 cars in line, I refueled without problems. Compared to what it was a week or two ago, the situation has improved. But fuel is very expensive, that’s the problem," he reported.

Finding a working gas station in Dagestan is still problematic, noted Zelimkhan. "Many gas stations are closed, they say due to inspections and identified violations of fire safety rules. I spent about 40 minutes searching for a working gas station, found one on the outskirts of the city. The price display was not working, I refueled a full tank for 120 rubles per liter, there were no restrictions per person," he said.

"Although the situation with gasoline availability has improved a bit, the price, which has almost doubled, hits hard. Yesterday (July 5), I found a working gas station, there was a queue of about 10 cars, I had to wait. I try to limit my trips," Shamil said.

"I wanted to fill up in Makhachkala, I needed to go to the village, I was afraid that there would be no working gas stations on the way. They didn’t let me fill more than 20 liters. What’s the point? Just wasting time, I went to another gas station, there I also filled 20 liters. It can only get worse, the authorities need to radically solve the situation," Nabi believes.

"In my area, there were no working gas stations, I was in a hurry to work, I didn’t have time to look for others. I had enough fuel, so I didn’t search. The information on online maps is not very accurate, it hasn’t been updated for several days, I try not to rely on them," Isa said.

The movement "GorodNash" launched a "people's map" of gas stations on June 29 at the address benz05.ru. "How it works: you open the map, see gas stations in Dagestan and markers - where there is fuel, where there isn’t, and where there is no data yet," wrote movement participant Arsen Magomedov in his Telegram channel.

The Dagestan map almost replicates the functionality of the all-Russian service "GdeBenz" (Gdebenz.ru). As of the evening of July 6, data on most gas stations in Dagestan is missing.

On the Dagestan "people's map," most data on gas stations was updated from two to five days ago, although there are relatively fresh updates for some gas stations: for example, at the gas station "Neftyanik" on Irchi Kazaka Street, on the afternoon of July 6, AI-95 and AI-92 were available at the same price of 109 rubles per liter.