The Toyota Motor plant in St. Petersburg on Wednesday launched production of the fifth generation of RAV 4, one of the Japanese automotive giant’s most popular models, Abnews.ru reported.
The governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, the Consul General of Japan in St. Petersburg Yasumasa Iijima, and the Executive Vice President...
The brand new Russian presidential limousine was revealed to the public at the Moscow International Automobile Salon (MIAS), a biennial auto show held at Crocus Expo, TASS news agency reports.
The new Aurus Senat limousine from the Cortege project was first shown during Vladimir Putin's inauguration ceremony on May 7. Since then, the...
Russian authorities have opened an investigation into a potash mine fire which has killed eight miners, The Associated Press reports.
Rescue teams in the Ural Mountains are still looking for a construction worker trapped inside the burning potash mine owned by the Uralkali company after the bodies of eight...
French pharmaceutical company Sanofi has said it plans to expand its insulin production facility Sanofi Aventis Vostok in Russia’s Orlov Region, The Pharma Letter reports.
“2019 is a successful and productive year for Sanofi-Aventis East. We launched a full pharmaceutical production cycle within the shortest time of Toujeo SoloStar,...
American defense companies ruled the nearly $400 billion global arms sales industry in 2017, according to a new report published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), CNBC reports.
In total, sales of arms and military services by U.S. companies totaled more than $226 billion in 2017, accounting for...
Russia’s machine-building enterprise Uralvagonzavod (UVZ), which is part of the state-owned hi-tech corporation Rostec, is not affected by problems related to American sanctions against Russia, the company’s Chief Executive Officer Alexander Potapov told Kommersant.
“So far, we have not experienced any real problems. Sanctions keep us in a certain shape...
New passenger cars and light commercial vehicles (LCVs) sales dropped by 6.4% in November, according to the Automobile Manufacturers Committee (AMC), an industry body overseeing the market.
Overall car and LCV sales declined by 2.8% year-on-year to 1.58 million vehicles said AMC, which is part of the Association of European...
Indian commercial vehicle major Ashok Leyland will enter the Russian market with a local partner in a year's time, a top company official has said, according to Outlook India. He also said the company plans to enter the top 10 global commercial vehicle manufacturer`s club soon.
"We have identified a local...
Russia’s manufacturing sector in February saw its fastest growth since April 2019. The expansion was underpinned by robust output and new order growth, according to survey data published by IHS Markit on Monday, RT writes.
The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for the sector grew to 51.5 in February against January’s...
According to Kalashnikov Group CEO Dmitry Tarasov, the Russian National Guard has placed into operation the new Lebedev modular pistol, which was built by the Kalashnikov Group (part of the Rostec state-owned engineering company).
The Kalashnikov company told TASS two months ago that the Kalashnikov design and technical parts of...
