Russia's Avtovaz says Lada sales up 16 percent from February
MOSCOW, April 1 (Reuters) - Russia's largest automaker Avtovaz said on Wednesday that Lada sales in March reached 27,423 units, up 16 percent from the month before.
However, sales of the country's best-selling car brand were down 26 percent year-on-year.
Russian auto sales have faltered as economic growth slowed, following Western sanctions imposed on Moscow for its role in the Ukraine crisis and a rapid decline in the price of oil, Russia's chief exports.
(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Jack Stubbs, editing by Thomas Grove)
