The leadership of the Chechen Republic is considering launching the production of a light military vehicle on the basis of a factory in Chechenivto.
This is reported TAS with regard to the government of the Czech Republic.
The car, dubbed «Jihad Machine», will then be tested at the Russian Special Forces University.
“The day before, the chairman of the government of the Chechen Republic, Muslim Khuchiev, and the minister of industry and energy of the region, Adam Khakimov, held a series of working meetings with the leadership of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. As part of these meetings, the issue of starting the production of the Jihad Machine at the production base of Chechenavto LLC was discussed, and then tests were carried out at the Russian University of Special Forces, the specialist noted.
It was also reported that the Chechen government is considering setting up a large repair and maintenance center for military equipment, including armored equipment, in the region. Given the presence of railways for logistics, the creation of a center on the basis of Chechenavto LLC or on the territory of a special economic zone of the type of industrial production of Grozny is being considered.
In addition, in Chechnya this year, they plan to create the first automotive cluster in the south of Russia on the basis of the Chechenaw factory. The company is already engaged in the assembly of Lada Granta cars, and in October last year, together with the GAZ Group, the assembly of the new Gazelle-Next model began.
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