Mercedes-Benz to Sell Shares in Russian Subsidiaries to Local Investor, as Foreign Automakers Pull Out

Mercedes-Benz to Sell Shares in Russian Subsidiaries to Local Investor, as Foreign Automakers Pull Out
The Mercedes-Benz logo at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany, on Sept. 10, 2019. Ralph Orlowski/Reuters
Bryan Jung
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Mercedes-Benz announced that it was pulling out of Russia and would sell all of its shares in its local subsidiaries to a little known Russian investor.

The German automaker is the latest foreign car manufacturer to abandon the Russian market, after it suspended its local operations in early March, after the invasion of Ukraine.
It was revealed by Forbes that the local investor was Avtodom, a Russian car dealership chain.
Bryan Jung
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Bryan S. Jung is a native and resident of New York City with a background in politics and the legal industry. He graduated from Binghamton University.
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