The mood at General Motors' giant car plant in St. Petersburg back in June 2012 could not have been more hopeful. Company officials - including former chairman and CEO Dan Ackerson - and their local partners gathered at the factory to break ground on a planned multimillion dollar expansion.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Carmakers in Russia face tough road ahead
Boby shells of automobiles of US auto producer General Motors (GM) sit on a conveyor outside St. Petersburg in Shushary on Nov. 7, 2008.
