“People buy Ladas because they like our cars as they become more advanced and safe.” AvtoVAZ executive vice president, Oleg Lobanov.
“Russia has seen its ups and downs – we expect modest growth this year in the automotive market [against] the background.” Association of European Businesses, CEO, Frank Schauff.
“It takes work, people, effort and investment, mainly effort.” Ford Sollers CEO, Ted Cannis on business in Russia.
“It is not a secret – in terms of sheer volume we will soon reach the peak demand of Russia,” State Duma [Parliament] Expert Council Committee chairwoman, Alfiya Kogogina.
“I would like to emphasise in the last Soviet times it [market] was 1.2m cars. For the third year in a row, Russia is the second largest market in Europe.” State Duma [Parliament] Expert Council Committee chairwoman, Alfiya Kogogina.
“Nobody believes you when you say the recipe is quite simple – you just need to hire honest people and deliver results.” Kaluga deputy governor, Ruslan Zalivatski.

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By GlobalData“Today we have a goal to develop automotive components – ‘Titanium Valley’ produces automotive components [as well as] for a whole range of aircraft such as Airbus and Boeing.” Sverdlovsk region, deputy chairman of the government, Alexander Petrov.
“One of the biggest challenges in Russia is logistics. I suppose it is one of the characteristics of big countries and as Russia is the biggest country in the world, you can imagine.” PCMA-Rus general manager, Jean-Christophe Marchal.