<p>Moscow: Russia on Tuesday announced a six-month ban on gasoline exports from March 1 to compensate for rising demand from consumers and farmers and to allow for planned maintenance of refineries.</p>.<p>The ban, first reported by <em>RBC</em>, was confirmed by a spokeswoman for Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.</p>.India questions why UN Security Council 'wholly ineffective' in resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict.<p>Russia previously imposed a similar ban between September and November last year in order to tackle high domestic prices and shortages. Only four ex-Soviet states - Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan - were exempt.</p>.<p>This time, the ban will not extend to member states of the Eurasian Economic Union, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and two Russian-backed breakaway regions of Georgia - South Ossetia and Abkhazia. </p>
<p>Moscow: Russia on Tuesday announced a six-month ban on gasoline exports from March 1 to compensate for rising demand from consumers and farmers and to allow for planned maintenance of refineries.</p>.<p>The ban, first reported by <em>RBC</em>, was confirmed by a spokeswoman for Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.</p>.India questions why UN Security Council 'wholly ineffective' in resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict.<p>Russia previously imposed a similar ban between September and November last year in order to tackle high domestic prices and shortages. Only four ex-Soviet states - Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan - were exempt.</p>.<p>This time, the ban will not extend to member states of the Eurasian Economic Union, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and two Russian-backed breakaway regions of Georgia - South Ossetia and Abkhazia. </p>