Domestic sales by Russian automotive maker AvtoVAZ were up 12.4% in July over the same month last year, the company said.

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AvtoVAZ sold 32,426 units in July.


Chairman Sergei Chemezov said AvtoVAZ now controlled 30% of the market in Russia and expects to see sales increase in August.


Earlier this week, hundreds of workers at AvtoVAZ, Russia’s biggest carmaker, demanded the state nationalise the company after management decided to slash wages.


More than 1,500 gathered in the AvtoVAZ’s home city of Togliatti. The company, 25% owned by Renault along with state-owned banks and corporations, has denied it plans massive layoffs but workers’ incomes will be halved from pre-crisis levels from 1 September as hours have also been reduced.

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