The sale to NAMI will include Nissan’s production and research facilities in St Petersburg as well as its sales and marketing centre in Moscow, the ministry said.
Nissan said it expected an extraordinary loss of about ¥100bn, but maintained its earnings forecast for the financial year ending in March. Renault, which owns 43% of Nissan,the decision by its Japanese partner would lead to a €331m hit to its net income for the second half of 2022. Nissan had suspended production at its St Petersburg plant in March due to supply chain disruptions. Since then, the company and its local unit had been monitoring the situation, it said. But there was “no visibility” of a change to the external environment, Nissan said, prompting its exit.is also considering exiting Russia, the Nikkei newspaper said. A spokesperson for Mitsubishi said nothing had been decided.
The exit comes as Nissan has embarked on a big shift in its relationship with Renault. The two said on Monday they were in talks about the future of their alliance, including NissanThose talks, which could prompt the biggest reset in the alliance since the 2018 arrest of long-time executive Carlos Ghosn, have also included the possibility of Renault selling some of its controlling stake in Nissan, two people with knowledge of the talks said.