Russia's major newspaper Vedomosti reported that if the United States and the European Union (EU) to further strengthen economic sanctions against Russia, the Russian government may ban imports of automotive production in Europe and America, including industrial products.

Russia announced on August 7, as the Russian sanctions against measures in the next one-year ban on imports of food from Europe. Russian government official said, the car embargo because of President Putin's intention was shelved, but as one of the options for future discussion is preserved. Russia seems to want to expand the embargo by implication object to contain Europe and America to discuss additional sanctions.

Imported cars accounted for the proportion of the overall passenger car sales in Russia for about a quarter. Ford Motor and Renault of France and many other European and American automobile manufacturers produced locally from imported steering, some analysts believe that even if the embargo, the impact will be limited. However, there may be sales of luxury cars Mercedes Benz Daimler • constitute blow.