“The proposals have been received, they are being worked out,” RIA Novosti quotes the press service of the department.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade also stated that they had received this offer.

“With regard to a number of proposals of a restrictive nature, in the opinion of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, which is supported by international practice, the removal of old automotive vehicles from circulation should be carried out through the application of economic, technical and organizational regulation, as well as incentives for vehicle owners to purchase new ones, environmentally friendly rolling stock, ”the department noted.

Earlier, the Kommersant newspaper reported that the State Duma Committee on Industry proposed to ban the operation of vehicles "that have reached the service life limit."

As Newinform reported, the volume of the Russian market for used cars with diesel engines amounted to almost 120 thousand units in the five months of 2019. This is 1.4% more compared to the same period in 2018.

At the end of June, it became known that the Russian government will allocate 10 billion rubles to continue the programs of preferential acquisition and leasing of Russian cars.