The current fuel supply difficulties in Russia are temporary, and the government is doing everything possible to restore the domestic market as quickly as possible, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told reporters, according to Izvestia. The government is doing everything possible to restore full supplies to the domestic market as quickly as possible," Novak said. This is, so to speak, a mutual interest aimed at ensuring the stable functioning of the domestic markets of both Russia and Kazakhstan," Novak said. Major oil companies are prioritizing fuel deliveries to regions served by independent fuel retailers. Earlier, Novak told TASS that Russia had accumulated sufficient fuel supplies to meet domestic demand, but panic buying had driven demand up by about 20%-30%.