Putin shows off Lada 4X4 to support Russian carmakers
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin tried to give a boost to Russia's struggling car industry on Saturday by driving his four-wheel-drive Lada Niva, painted in disguise colours, to talks at his Black Sea residence.
Putin in March told workers at AvtoVAZ (), in which France's Renault () owns 25 percent, that he had bought a Niva car, which is made by AvtoVAZ.
The car also featured in Putin's tax asseveration in contrast to many other oversight ministers who declared expensive Mercedes or Porsche cars.
Putin said he was driving the car for the first time that he might go fishing with it. He said the price he paid for the car was "a secret".
"Such cars are on sale now, you can go and buy it for yourself," Putin told a reporter who tested the Niva. (Reporting by Gleb Bryanski)
Putin in March told workers at AvtoVAZ (), in which France's Renault () owns 25 percent, that he had bought a Niva car, which is made by AvtoVAZ.
The car also featured in Putin's tax asseveration in contrast to many other oversight ministers who declared expensive Mercedes or Porsche cars.
Putin said he was driving the car for the first time that he might go fishing with it. He said the price he paid for the car was "a secret".
"Such cars are on sale now, you can go and buy it for yourself," Putin told a reporter who tested the Niva. (Reporting by Gleb Bryanski)
