The Tarasa gas station chain has ceased operations.
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All gas stations of the Tarasa chain have stopped operating, Interfax was told by the Moscow regional government. Eurotrans, which owns the chain, was in second place in terms of sales among independent operators in the region, RBC said. It was one of the few companies that dared to make an IPO during the war - in 2023, Eurotrans raised 13.5 billion rubles, and the shares were bought by "a wide range of investors". Probably those of them who are still on paper will not get anything.
All 57 gas stations are confiscated by the Gazprombank structure - they were leased from Eurotrans. 1,400 Tersa workers were sent to forced shutdown with two-thirds of their salary remaining, but they have not yet accrued - the company's accounts have been frozen. Late rent payments for the offices, the electricity and the internet are damaged. "The organization actually stopped functioning," stated the Ministry of Energy near Moscow. In recent weeks, management has sold reserves of fuel and related products, sources in the fuel market told Interfax.
Eurotrans' problems became apparent in the spring of 2026: it had accumulated debts of 36 billion rubles with a net profit of 5.5 billion rubles in 2025. The company began to allow a technical default in the bonds and in September 2026 declared a full default in all 10 issues (90% of the bonds were owned by individuals). The value of Eurotrans on the Moscow Stock Exchange has shrunk more than 10 times. The central bank got involved in the case, and in mid-October Sberbank filed a lawsuit to declare Eurotrans bankrupt; It will be considered on November 12.
Eurotrans was hit in a criminal case of fuel theft - according to the investigators, the company corruptly extracted gasoline intended for the Ministry of the Interior and sold it at market prices at its gas stations. From March to September, 6 thousand tons of gasoline and 600 tons of diesel fuel were transported under this program - for several hundred fuel tankers.