"Temporary restrictions will help saturate the fuel market, which in turn will reduce prices for consumers," the government said in a statement.
Government officials have said that the plans are intended to restrict fuel exports only to those who make the oil products, in order to avert a large-scale fuel crisis; a prohibitive duty on fuel exports has been considered.
Wholesale fuel prices have spiked, although retail prices are capped to try to curb them in line with official inflation.
Traders say the fuel market has been hit by factors including maintenance at oil refineries, bottlenecks on railways and the weakness of the rouble, which incentivises fuel exports.
Russia exported 4.817 million tons of gasoline and almost 35 million tons of diesel last year.
Persons:
Maxim, Vladimir Soldatkin, Mark Trevelyan
Organizations:
REUTERS, Rights, Kremlin, Traders, Thomson
Locations:
Moscow, Russia, breadbasket