They try to make basic car without any modern features (like air bags, emission control). I doubt they can do even that. They try to source all parts from Russi

They try to make basic car without any modern features (like air bags, emission control). I doubt they can do even that. They try to source all parts from Russian manufacturers but that is likely to be impossible. Kamil Galeev has great Twitter thread about this part of Russian economy. https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1501369950463836164?lang=en https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1501369950463836164?l... Summary: Russia does manufacture stuff, but Russian manufacturing is deeply integrated into the Western technological supply chains. What Russia produces is produced on Western industrial machine with critical Western parts. That includes military industry. Import substitution is a scam. For example Their 'home build' tractor АНТ 4135F is Zetor Forterra 135 assembled in Russia and rebranded as Russian.