ST. PETERSBURG, June 2 (RIA Novosti) - Japan's Nissan
Motor Company opened on Tuesday a car plant in St. Petersburg
at a ceremony attended by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir
Putin.
Putin took the Nissan executive for a ride in the first
Nissan Teana car assembled in Russia.
"It's a good car - high-quality and beautiful," Putin told
reporters.
Nissan announced plans to open an assembly line near
Russia's second city in April 2006. Construction was formally
started at a groundbreaking ceremony in July 2007.
The plant will produce 50,000 cars a year, initially the
Teana model and later the Nissan X-Trail. It will employ 750
people.
Some $200 million has been invested in the project.
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