OREANDA-NEWS. March 16, 2011. "There are currently no prerequisites for the shortage of petroleum products on our market," The Prime Minister of Ukraine said in Israel.

He added that in the state reserve create the necessary stock of petroleum products, which will help respond to the critical situation on the market.

Moreover, Mykola Azarov stressed that the Government will not apply severe sanctions to manufacturers and sellers of gasoline and diesel fuel, which exceed the price corridor set by agreement with the Government. "We do not plan to take any tough sanctions against those companies that doesn`t keep the price band, because we know that while our own petroleum refineries will not work and we cannot provide the excess supply in the oil market, until we are forced to maintain a cautious policy”.

But The Prime Minister of Ukraine did not exclude that that against the companies that will unnecessarily raise prices for fuel, there will be special investigation.