Russian automaker AvtoVAZ expects to post a net profit of 3.5 billion rubles in 2000, with the majority of it set to be reinvested into production, writes Russia`s Interfax (23/10/00) citing Vladimir Kadannikov, Chairman of the AvtoVAZ Board of Directors.

Kaddinikov – in an interview with the magazine Profil – said that Russia`s largest car manufacturer is to begin manufacture of the `Kalina` automobiles in 2005.

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With a price tag of $7,000 – and an investment totalling $800 million – these investments would be returned within five years, he said.

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