Decline of the Auto Industry - Radio Meduza

Decline of the Auto Industry

Radio Meduza

The car market in Russia. How has it degraded over the course of the war? Is it now nothing but Chinese cars everywhere?

Before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, the Russian auto industry was an example of the country’s integration into the global economy. But the full-scale war and sanctions destroyed that idyll. Chinese manufacturers are now taking over the market, and the authorities are making the purchase of foreign cars less and less выгодной. How is China taking over the Russian auto industry? Did AvtoVAZ come out ahead? An audio version of the piece about how drastically the Russian car market has changed. You can read the text here.

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