Anyway, on May 17, the head of the Samara region met the current – until now – president of the car giant, Nicolas Maure! So that the army of skeptics had no doubts about the reality of what was being declared, the AvtoVAZ press service accompanied this news with a photo, albeit not of very high quality. (Search engines confirm that this photo appeared online on Tuesday.)

The meeting was also attended by Dmitry Mikhalenko, Vice-President for Human Resources and Social Policy. According to the governor’s press office, attendees of the event “discussed the current situation at the company, plans and some details of the changes currently taking place at the factory.”

In general, even if “Kolya Dichlorvos”, as the factory workers called Mr. Mor, left the country as soon as the Russian special operation in Ukraine started, he hastily returned to hand over the company to his successor. But who this successor will be is still unknown. It is clear that we will know the name of the new appointee before the end of this week.

In general, the split between Renault and AvtoVAZ was hard, but strange: it seems more like the French side has ceded its Russian assets to the local authorities for a short stay. And when the “sanction loop” is weakened, Europeans will surely return!

And the words of the director of the Department of Automotive Industry and Railway Engineering of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Pak confirm this, albeit indirectly.

Anyway, on May 17, the head of the Samara region met the current – until now – president of the car giant, Nicolas Maure! So that the army of skeptics had no doubts about the reality of what was being declared, the AvtoVAZ press service accompanied this news with a photo, albeit not of very high quality. (Search engines confirm that this photo appeared online on Tuesday.)

The meeting was also attended by Dmitry Mikhalenko, Vice-President for Human Resources and Social Policy. According to the governor’s press office, attendees of the event “discussed the current situation at the company, plans and some details of the changes currently taking place at the factory.”

In general, even if “Kolya Dichlorvos”, as the factory workers called Mr. Mor, left the country as soon as the Russian special operation in Ukraine started, he hastily returned to hand over the company to his successor. But who this successor will be is still unknown. It is clear that we will know the name of the new appointee before the end of this week.

In general, the split between Renault and AvtoVAZ was hard, but strange: it seems more like the French side has ceded its Russian assets to the local authorities for a short stay. And when the “sanction loop” is weakened, Europeans will surely return!

And the words of the director of the Department of Automotive Industry and Railway Engineering of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Pak confirm this, albeit indirectly.