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b_b · 967 days ago · link · · parent · post: "Following the recent exit of French automaker Renault, Russia is moving to restart production of the Moskvich"
Wonder if they'll bring back the other greatest hits, too, like purchase coupons that you have to wait 3 years to redeem.
The whole article is kind of breathtaking. I knew all this in theory but the specific in-practice examples are something else. I needed bearings just the other day. Basic-bitch ball bearings for a machine built 30 years ago. My choices were American, Swedish, German, Chinese or Korean. If you're in Russia? Your choices are "Chinese." I myself paid a 40% premium to not have Chinese because Chinese machine parts are fucking garbage.