Renault’s $2.4bn worth of Russian assets prove too toxic - Al Jazeera English

Renault sold more than 480,000 vehicles in Russia last year, second only to France.

Fifteen years ago, Vladimir Putin had a problem. AvtoVaz, maker of the favored car brand of the communist era, was the butt of jokes (How do you double the value of a Lada? Fill the tank.) The state-… [+3206 chars]

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