Russia's Energy Ministry is seeing improvements in the fuel supply situation in a number of regions across the country, Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilev said. Special attention is being paid to ensuring uninterrupted fuel supplies for "state and municipal services, including the Emergency Situations Ministry and medical services," while agricultural producers have also been designated as a separate priority category for fuel supplies, the ministry said. Tsivilev said the Energy Ministry is seeing improvements in fuel supplies in a number of regions: "We are seeing stabilization in fuel supplies in several regions, with more filling stations operating and shorter queues." Measures to stabilize the fuel and energy sectorEarlier in the day, the Federation Council approved a law introducing measures aimed at stabilizing the fuel market. Similar to the existing gasoline damper, the mechanism may now also apply to diesel fuel imported by suppliers from foreign markets.