Foreign vehicles in limited availability within the Russian Federation.

“The largest deficit is now recorded for Renault cars,” the association said and noted that a similar situation, but not as acute, is observed in South Korean brands Kia and Hyundai.

Rolfe, the largest auto dealer in the Russian Federation, told the agency that the stocks of Volkswagen and Skoda cars remained very small, the deficit is observed in the B and B + segments. The company believes that the shortage will be observed as the replacement by Chinese brands.

They also added that the dealer is seeking to fill the shortage of the most sought-after car models through alternative supply channels. On March 13, it became known that the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia included 12 brands of cars in the list of parallel imports.