Nissan said that it has sold the business at a symbolic price of 1 euro, and it is expected that there will be an abnormal loss of about 1 000 billion yen (700 million euros). The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade said that the transaction will give Nissan the right to redeem the business within six years. In March this year, Nissan's factory in St. Petersburg has stopped production due to supply chain disruption. Nissan said that the company and its Russian subsidiaries have been paying close attention to the situation, but the changes in the external environment are "unpredictable", which prompted Nissan to decide to withdraw from the Russian market.
Nissan is the latest large international company to withdraw from the Russian market since the conflict broke out. In May this year, French car manufacturer Renault sold its assets in Russia to the Russian government. After Renault announced its withdrawal from the Russian automobile market, Sergei Sobyanin, mayor of Moscow, announced that Renault's factory would be used to restart the production line in Moscow, which is a brand of the Soviet automobile era that no longer exists. According to overseas media reports, Nissan Motor Company said that it would transfer its Russian business to Russian state-owned enterprise NAMI at a symbolic price of 1 Euro. This will cost about10 billion yen (US$ 687 million) every day, and it is the latest international automobile manufacturer to withdraw from the Russian market at a high price after Renault.
Nissan's Russian business includes an automobile factory and research institute in St. Petersburg and a sales and marketing center in Moscow. According to the regulations of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Nissan has the right to buy back these businesses within six years. Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade, said in a statement: "Nissan Russia will hand over its assets to the state, and this transaction is of great significance to the Russian automobile industry."