Sanctions bring Russian car industry screeching to a halt
Ilya, a manager at a Volkswagen factory in western Russia, was busy discussing plans for a company-supported family event in the spring when the war in Ukraine broke out.
Just a few months later, the plant, the jewel in the crown of Russia’s car industry, and Ilya’s workplace for nearly a decade, had shut down.
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