Legendary truck, which is considered the pride of the Russian automotive industry is going through hard times. Friday declared day”, soon the plant might be. What to do next, the senior managers of the enterprise do not know.

A sharp drop in demand for products put on the brink of survival, Russia’s largest manufacturer KAMAZ. To start the management of the enterprise is introducing a shortened work week from Monday to Thursday. On the last day of the month it will completely stop the pipeline, “RBC” with reference to sources in the administration of the plant.

The transition to the new schedule started with the beginning of this week. However, forced absenteeism promise to partially compensate. While the management talks about “temporary difficulties” , they say, unpleasant changes apply only to work in November. However, according to some, the situation is under load will continue next month. Lack of demand hurts the company, and to manufacture trucks for the future and hold in stock the best of times the plant in Naberezhnye Chelny is not intended.

“The problems are very significant and reflect that the sanctions spread its influence far beyond the formal boundaries. Such stories seriously limit the growth potential of the economy as a whole” – the analyst Exante Victor Argons.

Other sources claim that the fall in the rate of production continues for several months.