Alexei Rudnev, the director general of Gazprom gazoraspredelenie Krasnodar, and his deputy Alexander Savostyanov have been detained on suspicion of large-scale commercial bribery (part 8 of Article 204 of the Criminal Code).

High petrol prices in the USA may be the result of illegal activities of oil companies, President Joe Biden said during a speech at the White House.

Japanese authorities will sell some oil reserves from its strategic reserves.