Such data contains a study of the search and analytical system for managing tenders «Tenderplan». In just six months of this year, 515 notices for the purchase of domestic cars of domestic production were placed. At the same time, for the whole of 2022, 807 such tenders were held in the amount of about 1 billion rubles. Analysts note that Aurus, Lada and UAZ cars are most in demand.
At the same time, the number of tenders for foreign cars for officials has significantly decreased in recent years. In 2021, 322 such government orders were placed for a total amount of 1.363 million rubles, while in 2022 there were only 85 notifications for 648 million rubles. In the first six months of 2023, only 37 such orders worth 236 million rubles were published.
In early August, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that there should be no state purchases of foreign cars for officials, urging officials to switch to domestic cars. According to a survey by the Superjob service, 77 percent of Russians support Vladimir Putin’s initiative to transfer Russian officials to domestic cars.
State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin announced an agreement on the use of exclusively domestic cars by officials, and also announced the return of Volga cars. In addition to the Volga, which will appear a little later, from September the deputies will switch to Moskvich, Lada and Aurus.
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