Renault Russia

In July 1998, the then Deputy Mayor of Moscow, Valery Shantsev, and a representative from Renault signed an agreement to create an automotive joint venture,^[3] based on an old OAO Moskvitch facility.^[4] Renault and the city of Moscow owned equally the new company.^[5] The car assembly started in April 1999.^[3] By 2005, the plant was at full production and in 2010 its capacity was doubled to 160,000 cars per year.^[4]

In October 2004, Renault purchased a 26% of the Moscow's share in the partnership^[5] and in 2006 increased its participation to 94.1%. At the end 2012, the French automaker purchased the remaining stake of Avtoframos.^[4][6][7]

In July 2014, Renault announced the renaming of its Russian subsidiary, changing its name from Avtoframos to Renault Russia in order to strengthen the company's relationship with the Renault-badged, Russian-made cars within the clients.^[2]

In March 2022, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and international pressure to doing so,^[8] Renault "suspended" the Renault Russia operations.^[9] In May 2022, Renault said it had agreed to sell the company back to the Moscow government.^[10] The Moscow city plans to use Renault Russia assets to relaunch Moskvitch-badged production.^[11]

From the end of 2002 to 2004 the plant produced the Renault Symbol, the three-box version of the Renault Clio.^[12][13]

Since 2005, the plant assembles the Renault Logan. The total production in 2007 was 69,000 cars, with an increase to 73,000 cars in 2008.^[14]

In 2009, the plant started producing the Renault Sandero hatchback, which was followed by the Renault Duster in 2011.^{[15][16][17][needs update]}

In 2013, the company produced 195,112 vehicles, which were Duster, Mégane, Fluence, Logan and Sandero.^[18]