Grimaces crisis

On 24 December, the company "Ford" for almost a month halts Russian plant in Vsevolozhsk. However, employees will receive 2 / 3 salary. That's what informed public relations director Catherine Kulinenko. Kulinenko: Conveyor factory "Ford" in Vsevolozhsk will be stopped from December 24 to January 21 in connection with the New Year holidays and the need to reduce its output in December and January. Decision to temporarily reduce the volume of Russian-made Ford the company was taken with regard to general market conditions and lower sales forecasts for the automotive industry as a whole. Additional to public holidays, days off will be given an opportunity to complete the preparatory work by the beginning of mass production, "Mondeo", which is scheduled for March 2009. In accordance with the Labor Code of the Russian company Ford will pay two-thirds of wages to employees who will be on downtime. Over the past two months, motor fuel in Russia has fallen in price by an average of 30 percent. According to the head of the oil company Lukoil Vagit Alekperov, the downward trend in gasoline prices in the country will continue. Alekperov: Today we are working at the minimum of its profitability. So here's a 30 percent reduced price over the past two months. That is, the downward trend continues. Probably, our motorists can see this on the stele that month and sometimes every ten days is reducing the cost of fuel at the retail market of the Russian Federation. Incidentally, the State Duma adopted the law on the government's acceptance of one hundred percent share of the excise tax on gasoline, diesel fuel and motor oil to the budget of the Federation.