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Russia’s top carmaker to stop plants for four days

FILE PHOTO – Employees work at the assembly line of
FILE PHOTO – Employees work at the assembly line of the LADA Izhevsk automobile plant in Izhevsk

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s biggest carmaker, Avtovaz, will stop its Togliatti and Izhevsk plants on Saturday and from March 9 to 11 as it grapples with a crisis in supplies of electronic components, the company said on Thursday.

Avtovaz, controlled by French carmaker Renault, had paused some lines for a day this month.

(This story corrects stoppage dates to March 9-11, not March 9-10)

(Reporting by Moscow bureau; editing by Clarence Fernandez)