Ford Closes 3 Factories in Russia in Broad Overhaul

Ford Closes 3 Factories in Russia in Broad Overhaul
Blue Ford oval badge in the grill of a pickup truck on the sales lot at Butler County Ford in Butler, Pa. On Nov. 19, 2015. Keith Srakocic/AP Photo
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MOSCOW—Ford said Wednesday it will close three factories in Russia, causing heavy job losses, as it pulls out of passenger vehicle manufacturing in the country.

The U.S. carmaker said it will stop making passenger cars in Russia by the end of June, closing vehicle assembly plants in St. Petersburg and Naberezhnye Chelny, as well as an engine plant in Yelabuga.