MOSCOW, April 9 (Reuters) - Russia's energy ministry said on Tuesday it has not asked Kazakhstan to set up a reserve of gasoline for possible supplies to Russia, denying a Reuters report.

Three industry sources told Reuters that Russia had asked Kazakhstan to stand ready to supply it with 100,000 tons of gasoline in case of shortages exacerbated by Ukrainian drone attacks and outages.

"The Russian energy ministry has not approached Kazakhstan with a request to set up a reserve or supply motor gasoline to the Russian domestic market," the ministry said.

"At the same time, it remains possible to supply up to 285,000 tons per year of gasoline from Russia to Kazakhstan even during the period of the export ban on the export for this type of motor fuel from Russia, and these supplies are being carried out."

It also said that Russia's domestic market is fully supplied with gasoline and available inventories are enough to meet rising domestic demand.

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