The first Lada Vesta cars appeared in the garage of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. TASS reports this with reference to the Speaker of the Parliamentary Assembly, Vyacheslav Volodin.
“The first Lada Vesta cars arrived at the State Duma garage. Starting from the new year, MPs will ride these. As foreign cars become obsolete, the fleet will gradually be replaced by Russian cars. “We also decided to allocate a domestic car to each member of parliament in the constituency,” he said.
Volodin said that lawmakers should decide to use only domestic cars such as Moskvich, Lada and Aurus as official cars. stated In July 2023. He emphasized that Russia will not create its own auto industry if “there are other cars” and Russians drive cars from unfriendly countries.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has prepared a list of machines that are recommended for civil servants to use primarily for official purposes. It includes the brands Lada, UAZ, Aurus and Moskvich. Volodin said that the deputies will use Lada, Aurus and Moskvich cars.
Federation Council President Valentina Matvienko spoke for use of domestic cars by authorities. According to him, he was driving an Aurus and before that he was driving a Mercedes-Benz.
Previously automobile expert Jan Heizeer statedHe said that the authorities perceived the domestic car as a test.