Appearing on Digi24 in a discussion with Anca Orheian, Eugenia Gusilov addressed upcoming price hikes impacting Romanians, driven by developments in the Middle East and Russia. Hostilities between Iran and the USA, alongside Ukrainian drone strikes disabling about one-third of Russia's refining capacity, have turned Russia from an exporter into an importer of refined products, sparking a fuel crisis reminiscent of the 1990s.

Two main factors are set to drive prices upward: the competition between the US and Iran over the security of transit through the strait, and Russia's urgent need to import refined products due to crippled domestic refining capabilities.