GAZ Group plans to lay off around 8,000 employees over the remainder of the year.
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Boris Okhluchin, chairman of the regional labour union, told Prime-Tass that it would be the fourth time since the start of the financial crisis in 2008 that GAZ Group has laid off employees.
Russia’s vehicle market has collapsed this year on the back of a deep recession and severely restricted credit availability.
