AvtoVAZ

AvtoVAZ (Russian: ???????) is the Russian automobile manufacturer formerly known as VAZ: Volzhsky Avtomobilny Zavod (???, ????????? ?????????????? ??????, or Volga Automobile Plant), but better known to the world under the trade name Lada. The current company name is "AvtoVAZ". AvtoVAZ's majority owner is Alliance Rostec Auto BV with 74.5%, which is a joint venture of the Renault-Nissan Alliance with 67.1% and Russian company Rostec with the remainder, which means that the Renault-Nissan-Alliance controls a two-third majority of the majority owner, but owns just 49.9895% of AvtoVAZ' shares.