The political scientist pointed to the replacement of Western companies in Russia by automakers from China.

European and American automakers cut themselves off from the Russian market, which was immediately successfully occupied by China, giving Russians the opportunity to purchase comfortable cars at affordable prices. On October 19, American political scientist and journalist Garland Nixon told Izvestia.

"The Europeans and Americans, by their own stupidity, cut themselves off from the Russian market. Fortunately for the Russians, and thanks to good planning, the Chinese were ready to enter the market and offer the Russians cars at a very reasonable price and good quality," he said.

He also said that cars cost quite a lot in the United States because they are very expensive to produce.

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Earlier, on October 9, it was reported that in September of this year, the average price of used Chinese cars in Russia decreased by 13.1% compared to the first autumn month of last year and amounted to 2 million rubles. The average price of new Russian cars (Lada and UAZ) decreased by 3.1% over the year and amounted to 1.4 million rubles.

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