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Birmingham Post
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Neil Lancefield, PA & Tamlyn Jones

Jaguar Land Rover halts sales of cars to Russia

Luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover has suspended the sale of its cars into Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.

The manufacturer said it had taken the decision due to the "wellbeing" of its workforce and those "within our extended network".

Sanctions imposed on Russia have heavily restricted the ability of companies to sell goods there.

The company said in a statement: "Jaguar Land Rover's first priority is the wellbeing of our entire workforce and their families as well as those within our extended network.

"The current global context also presents us with trading challenges so we are pausing the delivery of vehicles into the Russian market and continually monitoring the situation on behalf of our global customer base."

Jaguar Land Rover is headquartered in Whitley near Coventry and has manufacturing bases across the West Midlands and in Halewood, Merseyside.

It also has a factory in Slovakia, where it makes the Land Rover Defender and Land Rover Discovery, but none in either Ukraine or Russia.

Russia is not one of the company's largest markets but it did sell 6,900 vehicles to Russia last year. Swedish car maker Volvo has also announced it is suspending sales of vehicles to Russia.

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng tweeted: "I welcome Jaguar Land Rover's decision to pause the delivery of vehicles into the Russian market.

"There is now a rapidly growing number of companies and governments joining the whole international community in isolating Russia, both diplomatically and financially."

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