AvtoVAZ seeks to use prisoners to build cars amid labor shortages

Lada Izhevsk Renault 2022 — Lada production at AvtoVAZ's factory in Izhevsk, Russia. (Gleb Stolyarov/REUTERS)

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Reuters

June 14, 2023 02:08 PM

Russia's top automaker AvtoVAZ has asked a regional prison service to help it plug a labor shortage with people sentenced to forced labor as it tries to meet increased production targets.

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