Spotlight: What cars do Russians want?

On January 12 taxes on foreign cars were raised for the coming nine months. For ordinary Russian buyers this means a price hike on the market. The government claims that it is necessary to protect the Russian automakers, but the move has already been the cause of several large protest actions by motorists in Vladivostok. Well be discussing this controversial issue with Sergey Shishkaryov, Chairman of the State Duma Transport Committee and Aleksandr Malenkov, editor-in-chief of MAXIM magazine.

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• tax
• foreign
• cars
• Russia
• buyer
• price
• hike
• market
• government
• automaker
• protest
• Shishkaryov
• Malenkov
• State
• Duma
• Transport

[AnonymousCthulhu]

Cars? Everybody knows Russians drive tanks. :>

[Tigerpoi51]

I have a 71 VW Bug. It's great, Easy to work on and parts are cheap. Tried having a Japanese car and was always getting Ripped Off by Mechanics.

[keiwata262]

@ 6:40 that guy is talking bull shit, Japanese cars have the steering on the right but Korean cars have them on the left!! Idiot!!

[NicolayMaystrenko]

Привет Александру Маленкову, если он вобьет себя в поиск на youtube- е

[grahamkeithtodd]

maybe the russians should try making cars that work... i remember the Moscovich 412..death of 4 wheels(as long as they stayed on,that is)