The Tarasa gas station chain stopped its activity in the capital region after 30 years of activity.
As Interfax writes in reference to the Ministry of Energy of the Moscow Region, now the owners of the gas stations, which were leased to the EuroTrans company, are confiscating the gas stations. The company itself is facing bankruptcy.
"Of the 53 gas stations of PJSC EuroTrans, the Trassa brand is not functioning. Currently, the owner of the company's property, Gazprombank Leasing (the gas stations were leased by PJSC EuroTrans), is confiscating all 57 gas stations (53 in the Moscow region, four in other entities of the Russian Federation").
According to the publication, 40 stations have already been sealed, by the end of the week another 17 objects will be seized.
The company announced on social media that it will cease operations after 30 years.
The Tarasa gas station chain was the second largest in terms of fuel sales in Moscow and the Moscow region among independent operators. In the past, the network was involved in a corruption scandal: at the beginning of September, senior managers of the Eurotrans company were arrested and detained. According to the investigators, during the fuel crisis, police officers from the Moscow region supplied Eurotrans with fuel from the reserves of the Chief Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior.