SKRIN reports that Volkswagen has confirmed plans to build an assembly plant in the Moscow region, according to comments made by Sergei Mitin, Deputy Industry, Science and Technology Minister.

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The SKRIN report says that Sergei Mitin told a news conference that he had “recently received a letter from Volkswagen that said the company had not cancelled its plans to build an assembly plant in the Moscow region.”

Mitin reportedly added that the possible location for a VW plant remains Stupino, southeast of Moscow.

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