There is a shortage of diesel fuel at gas stations in St. Petersburg, notes German economist Janis Kluge. He attributes the shortage to the export of diesel fuel from Russia to the United States. "There is again a shortage of diesel fuel at the Russian gas stations in St. Petersburg. In general, Russia produces enough diesel (the problem lies in the supply of gasoline). Exports to the US seem to have been hastily arranged (from Primorsk, located near St. Petersburg), and logistical problems arose," Kellogg writes in H.