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    • Monday, 16 May, 2022
      LexRenault SA
      Renault/VW: De Meo shows greater realism than Diess with Russia exit Premium content

      French carmaker’s sale of a promising division underlines hard choices faced by western businesses

      Renault cars outside a showroom in St Petersburg, Russia
    • Monday, 16 May, 2022
      Renault SA
      Renault sells Russia business and stake in Lada maker for 2 roubles

      French car group had greater exposure to the country than many rivals

      The assembly line for Lada cars at the Avtovaz factory in Izhevsk, Russia
    • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
      Renault SA
      Renault in talks to sell Russian stake to state institute for one rouble

      Moscow denies transaction is form of nationalisation and points to buyback option

      A worker at the Avtovaz assembly plant in Togliatti
    • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
      Renault SA
      Renault suspends Russia business and looks at options for AvtoVaz stake

      French car group halts production of own brand and flags parting of ways with Lada maker

      A Lada in production at an AvtoVaz plant in Togliatti, Russia
    • Wednesday, 23 March, 2016
      Inside BusinessNeil Buckley
      Russia needs to send out the right message on Avtovaz’s problems

      Removal of Bo Andersson shows trouble with supplier and workforce reforms

      The massive Avtovaz factory in Togliatti
    • Tuesday, 15 March, 2016
      European companies
      Renault and Nissan choose Nicolas Maure to lead Russia’s AvtoVAZ

      Frenchman charged with reviving carmaker after crippling recession

      Workers at an AvtoVAZ factory in Togliatti, Russia
    • Tuesday, 15 March, 2016
      World
      Renault’s Nicolas Maure takes the wheel at AvtoVAZ
    • Sunday, 13 March, 2016
      News in-depthEuropean companies
      Car chief pays price of Russia’s waning appetite for reform

      Bo Andersson, who implemented a tough restructuring plan, was sacked from AvtoVAZ

      The massive Avtovaz factory in Togliatti
    • Monday, 7 March, 2016
      European companies
      Russian carmaker AvtoVAZ to replace Swedish chief executive

      Bo Andersson cut jobs and tackled corruption during tenure

      Workers at an AvtoVAZ factory in Togliatti, Russia
    • Monday, 7 March, 2016
      fastFT
      Russian car maker Avtovaz’s CEO to step down
    • Tuesday, 23 June, 2015
      European companies
      Lada revs up as sales reverse off a cliff

      Renault-Nissan’s Russian carmaker points to market share gains for the first time in 21 years

      Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin refuels a Russian-made Lada Kalina car as he stops at the petrol station in the Khabarovsk region on August 27, 2010. AFP PHOTO/ RIA-NOVOSTI/ ALEXEY DRUZHININ (Photo credit should read ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Monday, 20 April, 2015
      European companies
      Industrial companies count the cost of doing business in Russia

      Country is reeling from economic woes linked to western sanctions, falling oil prices, weak currency

      Two Claas KGaA C750 combine harvesters pass while harvesting a wheat field during the summer harvest on the OOO Barmino farm enterprise in Vargany, near Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. Russia, the world's fifth-biggest wheat exporter, banned food imports from the U.S., European Union, Canada, Australia and Norway in retaliation for sanctions linked to the conflict in Ukraine, the ninth-largest shipper. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
    • Thursday, 19 March, 2015
      beyondbricsIsabel Gorst
      As GM reverses out of Russia, others say they will tough out the downturn
    • Wednesday, 18 March, 2015
      US & Canadian companies
      General Motors to halt Opel drive into Russia

      Brand to be withdrawn and St Petersburg factory closed as car group seeks to cut its losses

      The new Opel Adams S model car on display at the booth of the German carmaker during the press day of the Geneva Motor Show in Geneva, on March 4, 2014. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINIFABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images
    • Thursday, 12 February, 2015
      European companies
      European turnround helps Renault

      Strong appeal of carmaker’s Dacia brand offset falling Russian sales

    • Friday, 19 December, 2014
      European companies
      Renault-Nissan suspends orders for some cars in Russia

      Carmaker joins General Motors, Jaguar Land Rover and Audi in freeze

      An employee walks towards a new Renault Clio automobile, produced by Renault SA, parked on a vehicle transporter ahead of delivery to Toomey Motor Group's car dealership in Rochford, U.K., on Friday, June 20, 2014. European car sales rose 4.3 percent in May, the ninth consecutive monthly gain, as a recovery in consumer confidence encouraged purchases of new models from Renault SA and Volkswagen AG following a six-year market slump. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
    • Tuesday, 16 September, 2014
      European companies
      Renault-Nissan reaping benefits of Russia ties as rouble weakens
    • Tuesday, 4 March, 2014
      FT AlphavilleGeneva Motor Show
      The (early) Lunch Wrap
    • Tuesday, 31 December, 2013
      European companies
      Russian truckmaker Gaz names Vadim Sorokin as new chief executive
      Cars are blocked in a traffic jam in front of the State Historical Museum in the center of Moscow
    • Tuesday, 5 November, 2013
      European companies
      Mitsubishi deepens ties with Renault-Nissan alliance
      Nissan Leaf
    • Thursday, 17 October, 2013
      US & Canadian companies
      Bo Andersson becomes first foreign head of Avtovaz
      Lada avotvaz
    • Tuesday, 25 June, 2013
      European manufacturing
      Russian automotive: Kaluga creates cluster template

      Governor’s drive to attract foreign carmakers to region has others trying to emulate it

      cars set for distribution outside the VW plant in Kaluga
    • Friday, 19 April, 2013
      beyondbricsMarkets
      Cold snap for Russian carmakers as AvtoVaz looks to trim production
    • Wednesday, 12 December, 2012
      European companies
      Renault-Nissan finalises deal for Avtovaz
    • Wednesday, 21 November, 2012
      European companies
      Russian industrial group prepares for IPOs
      Factory workers work on the interior assembly of a new Lada Largus vehicle
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