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The Russian news outlet Mash reports that AvtoVAZ will shut down its assembly lines for almost the entire period from 27 April to 17 May, with the workforce sent on mandatory leave.

Workers will be sent to do maintenance work between 27-30 April, 12-13 May will be covered by a postponement of vacation days from December, and staff will be paid at two-thirds their normal salary on 14-15 May.

Those who refuse will remain on the job with reduced pay (2,648 rubles ($33) per day instead of 4,000 ($50)).

AvtoVaz has already moved to a four-day week, cut wages, and implement mass lay-offs, but it is still producing too many vehicles to sell.

The company claims that the shutdown is needed to adjust production lines in advance of the new LADA Azimut vehicle, which is scheduled to launch in September 2026.

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Well, they wanted to go back to the days of the USSR...




Revenue up 13% but profit down by 52%. Where did it all go?



Hmmm... 746.5 billion + 163.9 billion + 138.7 billion does not equal 2.2 trillion. Not even in the same zip code. So again, where did it all go?

Oh... wait. There it is -



That's 1.151 trillion rubles for "Capital Investments"? For a retail grocery store chain? :bow:

Let's take a moment of silence in memory of the idiots that bought Kirill Dmitriev's Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) road show pitch last year. :lol:

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Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan tells Putin this evening why Yerevan has suspended participation in the Russian-led CSTO military alliance:

"We’ve never hidden this. Back in 2022, we had a very specific situation, and the CSTO mechanisms should have kicked in, but they didn’t. And that’s what led to where things stand now in our relationship with the CSTO.

"Right now, we’re not taking part in its work for a simple reason: we still can’t explain to our people why the organisation didn’t respond, despite the commitments in the treaty."

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Didn't help Armenia.
Didn't help Iran.
Didn't help Cuba.
Didn't help Venezuela.
Didn't help Syria.
Is Russia the worst ally in modern politics?

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That's not a civilian building. The amount of antennae on that roof suggest a military purpose.

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Two observations - firstly, he is naming specific targets in Moscow, initiating the narrative that Moscow will be targeted by these missiles later this year; and secondly, we should soon see a campaign to clear the air defense units protecting this city. Just as for Crimea, Krasnodor Krai and Leningrad, a new corridor of undefended air space will be soon established to Moscow itself.

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Shtilerman said Ukraine is developing a ballistic missile (FP-9) with up to 850 km range, it is expected ready by mid-2026, and stated 20-30 of them should be launched at Moscow and targets like the Russian General Staff headquarters, Ministry of Defense and the Moscow Oil Refinery.

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I'll ignore your math and especially your juvenile obsession with male sexual function and just ask that you re-read this:

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doesn't amount to more than 6 billion extra for Russia if at full price

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Which of course is the entire point. That $6 billion into the Russian war effort is a gift from Trump. Totally unnessary, unless of course you're being blackmailed with the Epstein files.

For those of us not being blackmailed by the Kremlin, please explain how this helps the oil shortage.

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Bad week for Russian aviation -

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