Currently, many people have a car, in some families and not one. Almost every car enthusiast living in Russia is dissatisfied with rising fuel prices. Everyone is wondering why in Russia the cost of fuel rises so much despite the fact that this country owns one of the largest oil reserves and supplies it to other states.
The cheapest gas in the world
The Latin American country of Venezuela is famous not only for its beautiful nature, but also for its low prices. Including fuel. The last time fuel in this country rose in price in nineteen eighty-ninth year, as much as twenty-seven years ago. Thus, for a liter of fuel for an iron horse, residents of Venezuela need to pay only 0.073 bolivars. This is the cheapest gasoline in the world, in rubles only 1.5, and in dollars 0.05 (five cents). In Russia, fuel prices rise almost every trimester. So why in Venezuela the government can allow for such a period of time to leave a single price tag, even in times of crisis?
What explains the price of gasoline
At the moment, in Venezuela, gasoline is several times cheaper than a liter bottle of water. Of course, in the first place - this is a stock, but the matter is not only in quantity. World economic experts explain the price of gas in this country by the fact that fuel artificially reduces the cost of power. This is done in order not to cause popular unrest among citizens who are already dissatisfied with the violation of many of their rights and freedom.
When gas prices rise in Venezuela
In the near future, as the president of the country reports, it is planned to increase the cost of gasoline several times at once. This is due to the fact that for many years the state supported one price through subsidies. Annually, such measures devastated the treasury by twelve million dollars. In connection with the long crisis, you have to save money and take measures so that the country does not go bankrupt, which means that subsidies for gasoline will be canceled and transport owners will have to pay the full cost of the fuel. This happened in Libya, where a couple of years ago was almost the cheapest gasoline in the world. Libya was one of the three countries with low fuel prices. Due to the crisis and its consequences, the price of fuel there was raised immediately to three hundred percent.
Where is Russia in the ranking of countries with low gas prices
The Russian Federation, as one of the countries with huge oil resources, is not among the ten countries where the cheapest gasoline in the world. This rating does not include any European country. You can find the cheapest gasoline in the world only in Muslim countries. The first place belongs to Venezuela, the second deservedly went to Saudi Arabia, where gas costs thirteen cents. Turkmenistan was firmly in third place with a price of nineteen cents per liter of fuel. Next are Iran, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Algeria, Oman. Closes the top ten Ecuador. This is a list of countries where the cheapest gasoline in the world in 2016 is recorded. At the forty-sixth position, the Russian flag proudly flutters with the price of gasoline, a little cheaper than in the United States, where there is no oil. The price of gas in Russia is almost one dollar. The average Russian earns about thirty dollars a day. In the United States, the average daily wage is one hundred and thirty dollars, so Americans refuel only three percent of their earnings.
Why is expensive gasoline in Russia
Not many, and not almost everyone, namely every Russian is wondering why gas prices are so high in an oil country? This question interests even those who do not have a personal car, because with the increase in the price of fuel, the cost of travel in public transport, food and other things necessary for life increases. Someone is talking about conspiracies of oil companies, allegedly they specifically raise gas prices in order to fill their pockets more firmly with green bills. There is a bit of truth here, but without the permission of the state, oil workers cannot raise prices, because it is the government that invests fifty percent of the cost of production. The sovereign servants explain the price of gasoline with a high tax - almost half the cost of fuel: excise tax, value added tax, tax on extracted minerals, and profit tax, too. Of course, high duties were also introduced by the state. This was done in order to grab excess profits from the oil magnates for the country's economic reserve. Only for some reason wallets of ordinary motorists who are end consumers suffer. The rulers also determine the high price of gasoline with the sanctions with which Russia was imposed. After all, they have to give them oil almost at cost, and their citizens are one hundred times more expensive. With such a policy, our state will never even get near the rating of countries where there is the cheapest gasoline in the world.