Interesting , Bo Inge has been CEO of GAZ Group since 2009 , Russia's largest industrial Group...produces 50% of light ,medium commercial vehicles and 65% of all buses . Over 656,000ft of renovated , modernized to world standards and employees , based on 2013 profits , received bonuses . GAZ is in partnerships with ; GM , Daimler , Volkswagon etc and it also produces alternative energies products using natural gas , methane , & combinations with gasoline . It's diesel engines meet latest Euro 4,5,6 standards . NOTE , the corporate breakdown sheet does not explain how much of it is owned by the government , any guesses here ??
One scary tactic that , to me , resembles the old KGB , is the Interior Russian Ministry of Internal affairs who instituted Civil Patrols , of which GAZ was one and highly commended for their 50 employee input , where these patrols in the Nizhy Novgorod district SUPPRESSED over 7,000 infringements of the laws . They also are charged with the ability to work with troubled families....perhaps to have the right to interfere or solve , even threaten ??? Notice that they are not the official police force but work outside , perhaps these are the ones who show up at successful , highly profitable businesses which Putin desires and arrest the owner on suspicion of fraud , and then the government takes over the business ? Or are the ones who show up at anti government rallies and take away the dissenters ? What a way to effectively control the people , who needs the KGB , mind you perhaps the Interior Ministry of Internal Affairs is run by former KGB people , of which Putin is a prime example .
The LADA story sounds cute , but in the hands of this modern industrial giant , the Lada will not only be an effective and LOW cost quality vehicles for the Russians , but will in all likelihood be aimed at satellite surrounding ones and most importantly in India , where Russia has steadily increased its presence there with military and commercial equipment and maintenance infrastructure . Having a solid foothold there with high volume LADA and other comm.&ind. machines sales in the second most populated country in the world , would be a big plus . Lastly , though I haven't looked into where India gets its oil , I wouldn't be at all surprised if a Russian pipeline or two isn't already there or intends to be .
