Rosstat announced the April jump in gas prices
In April 2018, gasoline manufacturers increased by 13.0% (in March - by 3.6%), Rosstat reports. Last year, the April "seasonal" rise in price compared to March amounted to only 4.9%. In the first four months of this year, gasoline manufacturers raised prices by 2.1%, for consumers they increased by 1.5%. In April, average Russian consumer prices, as in 2017 at this time, were twice as much as manufacturers.