Foreign cars in the State Duma garage are being auctioned. In this respect reports “Parliamentary newspaper”, referring to information received from the Presidential Administration.
“Cars that were retired as a result of replacement between 2008 and 2014, especially Ford Focus and Ford Mondeo, are sold at auctions in accordance with the determined procedure. “The proceeds are spent on purchasing new cars and equipment for them,” he said.
It is stated that the vehicles put up for auction have expired and need expensive repairs. Such cars make up a quarter of the State Duma’s fleet.
Speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin in July 2023 stated MPs must decide that only domestic cars such as Moskvich, Lada and Aurus will be used as official cars. He emphasized that Russia would not create its own automobile industry “if there are other cars” and that Russians should use 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 also defended the 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.