Renault Russia ( rus, Рено Россия, Reno Rossiya, rʲɪˈno rɐˈsʲijə), known until 2014 as Avtoframos ( rus, Автофрамос, Avtoframos), was a Russian automotive company established in 1998 by the Moscow city and Renault. It was a wholly owned Renault subsidiary from 2012 onwards. The company disappeared in May 2022 as its assets were acquired by the Moscow city government.

History

In July 1998, the then Deputy Mayor of Moscow, Valery Shantsev, and a representative from Renault signed an agreement to create an automotive

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, based on an old OAO Moskvitch facility. Renault and the city of Moscow owned equally the new company. The car assembly started in April 1999. By 2005, the plant was at full production and in 2010 its capacity was doubled to 160,000 cars per year. In October 2004, Renault purchased a 26% of the Moscow's share in the partnership and in 2006 increased its participation to 94.1%. At the end 2012, the French automaker purchased the remaining stake of Avtoframos.''Алексей Непомнящий, Юлия Федоринова''. «Я сказал Путину, что наличных у нас нет», — Кристиан Эстев, старший вице-президент Renault, генеральный директор Renault в России // Ведомости, 09.11.2009, 211 (2481) In July 2014, Renault announced the renaming of its Russian subsidiary, changing its name from Avtoframos to Renault Russia in order to strengthen the company's relationship with the Renault-badged, Russian-made cars within the clients. In March 2022, following the

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and international pressure to doing so, Renault "suspended" the Renault Russia operations. In May 2022, Renault said it had agreed to sell the company back to the Moscow government. The Moscow city plans to use Renault Russia assets to relaunch Moskvitch-badged production.

Products

From the end of 2002 to 2004 the plant produced the

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, the

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version of the

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. Since 2005, the plant assembles the

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. The total production in 2007 was 69,000 cars, with an increase to 73,000 cars in 2008. In 2009, the plant started producing the

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hatchback, which was followed by the Renault Duster in 2011.Рено Дастер
, duster-russia.org.ua, 12.03.2013 In 2013, the company produced 195,112 vehicles, which were Duster, Mégane, Fluence, Logan and Sandero.

References

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