Renault-Nissan Takes Over AvtoVAZ, Plans to Revive Lada and Increase Sales in Russia

With the Eurozone debt crisis stifling new car sales, auto manufacturers are looking elsewhere to make up for lost ground. China may be the world’s largest market but after years of rapid expansion, it shows signs of slowing down.

New car sales in Russia, on the other hand, increased last year by 40 percent to more than 2.6 million vehicles. Even though the rate of increase is expected to cool down, with 2012 sales estimated to be around 2.9 million units, it is still a very interesting prospect.

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This is What You Get for Breaking a Mirror and Driving Away in Ukraine

We'll admit that the first time we watched this video, we were under the impression that a man simply stole the license plate of the baby blue-colored Lada sedan waiting for the green light.

However, as pointed out by the commentators on YouTube, somewhere around the 10-second mark, the Lada sedan can be heard and partially seen making a quick maneuver to the left where it clipped another car's mirror, which is visible on the ground at the 19-second mark.

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Oh Russia…Lada Samara Cop Car vs. Deputy Minister's BMW 7-Series

If you see a police car approaching you on the road with its lights and sirens on, you slow down and move to the side and let it pass through, correct?

Well, that's the right thing to do if you're an ordinary citizen, but some individuals in Russia, like drivers of high-ranking government officials, think that they're above the law, the police and everybody else, for that matter.

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Lada Driver is a Prime Candidate for a Living Crash Dummy

Normally, we shouldn't be laughing at the misfortunes of others, but sometimes, you can't really help yourself.

To give you an example of what we mean, take a look at this incident recorded from an unrelated car at Moscow's Garden Ring road.

The driver of the classic Lada saloon coming from the right failed to comprehend the meaning of the arrows on the road pointing towards the inner lane, while also overestimating the acceleration and braking capabilities of his car...

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In Russia, a Man Jumping Over a Car is All in a Day's Drive

If all these dashcam videos coming out of Russia and its neighboring countries have taught us one thing, it is that not a day goes by without a series of unexpected and most of the times, unexplainable incidents occurring on the roads of said region.

Try to explain this strange and rather violent happening on the streets of Bratsk, a small to medium-size city in Russia.

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Driver Startled by Car Stopping at a Pedestrian Crossing, Makes a Run for It

As we have seen more times than we care to remember, slowing down at a zebra crossing is something not all Russian drivers are accustomed to, which leads to myriads of accidents like this one.

Only difference here is that after seemingly smashing into the car in front and on the side, the driver of the white Lada Samara quickly turns the hatchback around and heads towards the other lane abandoning the scene of the accident, almost causing another one in the process and leaving the other road users scratching their heads…

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Holy Russian Luck! Driver and Passenger Make it Out Alive from Horrific Accident

True, Russian dashboard cameras have afforded us hundreds and hundreds of spine-tingling accidents over the years, but we cannot honestly remember any as shocking as this one, and at the same time, ending on a happy note.

Once again, the protagonist in this scene is driving a classic Lada / VAZ 2101 saloon.

We're not sure if the driver attempted a foolish overtake of if he was trying to avoid something on the road, but he drove between two busses in his lane and lost control of the RWD sedan crashing side first into a large truck on the other lane, which sent him flying into one of the busses (with the camera).

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Lucky or Talented? Russian Truck Driver Avoids Crash in Style

The jury is still out on whether the protagonist of our latest Russian offbeat video had lady luck on his side or if he's that good behind the wheel of a truck, but either way, the save was impressive, to say the least.

If you pay attention to the dashboard camera-sourced footage, at about seven seconds into the video, you can see an old (or new, it's the same thing anyway…) Lada Niva 4x4 legally entering the road from a side street.

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Russian Road Rage Incident with Man-Purse "Boy" Ends with a Bang

As it seems, Russian drivers have become so immune to extreme road rage cases that when someone pulls out a gun and shoots at a fellow commuter in broad daylight it simply causes them to laugh – no kidding, as you will soon find out for yourself.

This particular incident begins with a young Russian holding a man purse, who came out of his car to squabble with the driver of an old Lada saloon behind him for unbeknown reasons to us.

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Always Look Towards the…Right Side of the Road

Even as is kids, we are all taught to cross the road safely and that's something that should stay with us forever, right? Well, perhaps that holds true for most people, but some insist on following their own rules and ultimately, pay the price for it…

Like the man in this video who not only forgot about pedestrian crossings–though in all fairness, for all we know, there may not have been one nearby, but while he was walking through the moving cars and trucks he failed to remember one very basic rule: always look towards the direction that the cars are coming from.

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