OREANDA-NEWS  The government's decision to preemptively ban gasoline exports from Russia for oil companies should curb rising prices at gas stations, Igor Yushkov, a leading analyst at the National Energy Security Fund, told RIA Novosti.

Following a meeting on Friday, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak instructed the Ministry of Energy to prepare a draft resolution banning gasoline exports for its producers from April 1 to stabilize prices and fuel supply to the domestic market. At the moment, Russia has a ban on gasoline exports only for non-producers until the end of July.