Volkswagen’s Russian assembly plant is expected to start producing Volksvagen-Rus compact cars on 16 September, Vladimir Titiyevsky, general director of Zarubezhstroy, said on Wednesday.

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Zarubezhstroy won the tender to construct the plant, which is located in the Kaluga Region, and is expected to complete the job on 16 August, Prime-Tass reported.


Volkswagen has spent EUR370m on the plant which is expected to produce 250,000 cars a year.

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