Daimler opens Mercedes plant in Russia

Workers pound the body of a car at the new Mercedes plant outside of Moscow. (Reuters)

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Gleb Stolyarov

By:

Reuters

April 03, 2019 03:25 PM

ESIPOVO, Russia -- Daimler officially opened a Mercedes-Benz assembly plant in Russia on Wednesday at a ceremony attended by President Vladimir Putin, marking a rare foreign investment into Russia's car industry.

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