“Of course, in the near future, literally at the beginning of next month, we must start production, start producing models, a model range, and then gradually restore it in full,” TASS quotes him.

Earlier, the head of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, said that one of the conditions for Renault's AvtoVAZ deal is assistance with the supply of components.

On May 21, it became known about the appointment of the ex-Minister of Transport of Russia and Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Maxim Sokolov as President of AvtoVAZ.