Russia has imposed temporary restrictions on the export of gasoline and diesel in order to stabilize domestic fuel prices, the governmentsaid Thursday.Temporary restrictions will help saturate the fuel market, which will in turn reduce prices for consumers, Russias cabinet of ministers said in a statement.A decree signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustinsaid the curbs which include exceptions for transit, humanitarian and intergovernmental purposes go into effect Thursday.It did not specify an end date.The decree instructs Russias Economic Development Ministry to inform Moscows allies in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) about the curbs.The Moscow-led EEU comprises Russias neighbors Belarus, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan which are all energy dependent on Russia as well as resource-rich Kazakhstan.Russias previous steps to stabilize the fuel market included raising the mandatory gas and diesel supply volumes to the commodity exchange and monitoring fuel purchases for agricultural producers with "timely volume adjustments," according to the government statement.Russias Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev earlier this monthproposed temporarily banning fuel product exports to avoid a catastrophe this harvest season.Energy Minister Alexander Novak on Wednesdayhadpromised radical solutions to stabilize the domestic wholesale market.Wholesale gasoline and diesel pricesdeclined by up to 6% on Russias commodities exchange after the announcement Thursday afternoon.Traders have pointed to maintenance at oil refineries, railway holdups and the rubles weakness for the jump in wholesale fuel prices in recent months.Russia significantlyramped up gasoline exports this year by finding new buyers after the United States, the European Union and the G7 countries banned Russian oil products.