Problems of state regulation of prices on the Russian automobile fuel market in the context of Russia's socio-economic security

The article examines the situation on the Russian automobile fuel market, which worsened by the end of summer 2023. The reasons for the rapid increase in wholesale and retail prices for gasoline and diesel fuel, as well as its impact on the socio-economic security of Russia, were analyzed. The measures of the Russian government that affect prices on the Russian automobile fuel market were considered. Their timeliness, consistency and effectiveness in reducing threats to Russia's socio-economic security were assessed. It is shown that in the absence of a clear concept of state pricing policy as part of Russia's socio-economic development strategy in an open market economy, price regulation in the highly monopolized motor fuel market is reduced to a series of ill-conceived and ineffective decisions that lead to contradictory results in terms of reducing threats to Russia's socio-economic security. Acknowledgments:The article has been prepared in accordance with the topic of the state task Reg. No. RD 121030500096-5; Reg. No. ICRBS \"New challenges and threats to socio-economic security: measures of budgetary and financial regulation\".

economic security, prices, state price regulation, state pricing policy, automobile fuel prices