The Volkswagen Group has ended all production and sales in Russia with immediate effect in light of the country’s ongoing invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.
In a tweet, the company said it will stop building vehicles at its plants in Kaluga and Nizhny Novgorod until further notice, as well as stopping all exports to the country.
The Kaluga plant is where local manufacturer GAZ builds the VW Polo, VW Tiguan and Skoda Rapid under licence, as well as assembling the Audi Q7 and Audi Q8 from knock-down kits and building petrol engines for various models. It employs 4000 people.
The Nizhny Novgorod facility, meanwhile, builds the VW Taos and three Skoda models: the Kodiaq, Karoq and Octavia.
