Petrol sales declined 6.9% to 1.38 bln liters and diesel sales dropped 8.3% to 2.23 bln liters, according to MASZ data.

Some 314.6 million liters of premium motor gasoline were sold last year, 170.9% more than a year earlier. At the same time, nearly 1.07 billion liters of 95 motor gasoline were refueled by motorists, 22% less than the previous year.