Most of the factory's assembly lines stopped running after Moscow moved troops into Ukraine on Feb 24, and sanctions meant it could no longer receive components from aboard.
No one from the company would agree to talk and it even refused to give access to the Lada Museum in Tolyatti during a recent visit. A manager opens the door of a Lada Vesta car at a Lada car dealership showroom in Tolyatti, Russia, on Apr 1, 2022. "I am the only one in the family who works. I have two children, my wife ... is on maternity leave. I have to work two jobs, but even this is not enough," he said.
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