The low profitability of the Russian car market is forcing Chinese car manufacturers to close their operations in the country, analysts from the Autostat agency reported. For those who managed to purchase their products, the main question now is whether the departing brands will comply with the domestic consumer protection law, auto expert and blogger Evgeny Solovyov told aif.ru. Brands like Livan, Kaiyi, SWM, and Foton are most likely to leave the Russian market. According to him, this situation is unlikely to benefit car owners: maintaining vehicles and buying spare parts will become more difficult, and selling them on the secondary market will also be harder. However, Maria Ermilova, Associate Professor at the Department of Financial Sustainable Development at Plekhanov University, offers a more optimistic perspective. “Even if some brands leave Russia in 2025, there will still be specialists capable of repairing these cars,” she believes. “As for spare parts, the issue is also solvable since they are fairly standard, and many will not be hard to find.” Additionally, Ermilova points out that some Chinese brands are not planning a complete exit but merely a “freeze” of their presence.