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Good morning!
Let's hear the news.

Our largest car manufacturer,
AvtoVAZ,

is going to have a new director.

For the first time in a history

the director will be a foreigner.

His name is Bo Inge Andersson.

He is a Swedish manager who worked
for companies like Saab and GM

and successfully managed
the Russian car company GAZ.

Now his great challenge is

to bring back the fame of
another Russian car-maker: The Lada.

(speaking Russian) It's great
to be here with you today.

Thank you for being victorious!

Thank you for peace!

Thank you
for your loyalty to AvtoVAZ.

Glory! Glory! Glory!

Today, we should
assemble 350 Datsuns.

Granta, the same.

So, how many Datsuns are incomplete?

—424...
—427.

Granta?

37 because of bumpers,
31 on Kalina.

What's the problem with bumpers?

In the beginning of the shift
we failed to unload.

30 minutes of delay.

In delivery.

This is the 27th time this year
we have problems with bumpers.

I want to do a very deep dive
of what are the issues.

And I want you to help
us here, Martin.

Something is wrong.

We have a world-class
equipment.

We have a world-class
paint shop.

We are delivering in sequence.

And 27 times we are incomplete.

I don't understand.

Please help us, Martin.

But it's totally unacceptable.

Director of Avtovaz announced today

that a new model will be
launched next year.

Lada Vesta.

It will be the first car completely
designed and constructed in Russia

after many years.

The production will start
in September next year.

My name is Viktor Nezdanov.

I work as a electrical engineer.

This one is from China.
It's very precious to me.

It's only a silver one

but it took a lot to get it.

And this one...

is made of glass.
My only glass one.

2012, England, Nottingham...

There is a story...

behind each of them.

I sometimes
go through them and reminisce.

Oh well...

I gave this plant
39 years of my life.

It's part of me.

I care for it with all my soul.

I would like our cars to be
the best, not only in Russia

but in the whole world.

It is not impossible...

But we need good leadership
and to go in the right direction.

Switching from one salary system
to another is, unsurprisingly,

raising many questions.

(speaking Czech)
My job position here is called...

Vice President
of Corporate Development.

What does it mean?

It's very simple
and very difficult at the same time.

I have to do all I can to make
the Lada Vesta model come out.

No less than that.

It wasn't Andersson
who came up with the Vesta project.

This project already existed

but there was no deadline.

Andersson set it and now
he's working to reach that goal.

In order to reach it...

he's brought a trustworthy team

that will achieve it for him.

He is a typical crisis manager

with a capital "M".

His job

at GAZ and now at AvtoVAZ

is to pull the company
from the mud.

Why did you come here with Andersson?
Was it because of the money?

No.

It wasn't the money.
You have to like this job.

The great thing about Russia is...

If it suits you, you'll
really enjoy working here...

or...

you have to get
the hell out of here.

And I guess
the first option applies to me.

(speaking Russian)
That's just an excuse again.

Always looking for excuses!

Then move it!

At three o'clock.
I'll come to check it out.

Bye.

(in Czech) These people are not
used to having any leadership.

Now, they were told to go
out and do something.

They don't know
the reason or the purpose.

And they aren't proactive folks.

We don't have to befriend them.

Our task is to...

show the path to the eager ones

and bid farewell to the ones
who don't want to follow it.

There were about 1000 people working
in these workshops a month ago.

Maintenance teams
for who knows what,

people who had no idea
what their job actually was...

When we checked on them
one day at 8:30 am.

They were sleeping,
playing chess or just having tea.

When we came again an hour later

the only thing that changed was
that they had locked the door.

We kicked them all out.

We are located
on the banks of the Volga river

where it creates
the Zhiguli Reservoir.

Our organization is called

The Centre for Hardening
and Winter Swimming.

The Walruses

AvtoVAZ used to have
its own sports organizations.

They were financed by it.

But now it no longer supports us.

We are out of town

and in winter,
there is lots of snow everywhere.

We can't get here
not only by car, but even on foot.

If I were facing
Mr. Andersson right now,

I'd ask him for a Christmas present
for our club.

There is this machine...
A snow blower.

It blows the snow to the side.

I've already discussed it with
others. We would be really grateful

if Mr. Andersson gave it to us
as a Christmas present.

(in Russian) Inga, hello!

(Speaking German)
So it was a lonely winter.

I worked a lot...

They thought
that after those 3 months

it would all go back
to what it used to be.

(speaking Czech) Bo and I
got to know each other

3 years ago.

We started to work together
when he was working for GAZ

and I worked for Skoda
as a delegation guide.

Or rather a delegation manager.

I think you've gotten to know
Bo by now...

It doesn't seems like it,
but he is very cautious.

And in terms
of relationships with women...

He is faithful like a swan.

And he is was faithful to his wife.

Even here, in Russia...
He doesn't care for women much.

So we were circling around
each other for 3 years.

Until I came here. But really,
I came to take a new job.

It's 11 meters long.

(in German) 11 meters.

This is an old guest house
owned by AvtoVAZ.

It has about 1000 square meters.

This part serves
for leisure and sports.

There is a Finnish sauna here
that accommodates 60 people,

a Russian ban ya for about 25 people...

We use it once a month

because most of the time
we just work, work, work.

The whole thing was built
by the Russian state

as a guest-house
for the President of AvtoVAZ.

In 1975 I was 24 years old.

I moved here later, in 1988.
I was also 24 years old.

Back then
people weren't driven by fear,

they were motivated
by being given responsibility.

- They didn't work just for money.
- They were proud to work here.

- Come on in...
- Please, come in!

If a worker sees he is looked after...
there were trade unions...

People used to be grateful
to have a job in the plant.

They would receive a flat,
the kindergartens were for free...

The factory owned many
recreation resorts and sanatoriums.

Going on vacation
used to cost almost nothing.

Everyone could afford it.

We all used to go pretty often.

- We could go to the seaside...
- With the whole family...

There were vacation resorts here...
We could take 21 days off.

Imagine going on a 3-week vacation
for the whole family nowadays

and paying like 1000 roubles...

And the food was great,
it could be by the Volga river...

These were the most beautiful times
I've ever had.

We quite miss it.

Life was merrier,
more interesting, people were nicer...

Where did you two meet?

On the internet.

It doesn't often happen here,
but it worked for us.

One day we found out that there are
several vacation resorts here.

It was by accident.

I was planning a weekend trip
because Bo needed a rest.

So I asked people where
we could go.

And they said they were uncertain
about the exact locations

but they knew that there
were plenty of summer resorts.

I searched for a person
who would know where they were

and I found Vladimir Viktorievic.

He was a bit reluctant to tell us
all about them, but eventually...

It was the same with our boat.

Our driver told me
one day that there is a boat.

Later that day I asked Bo
if he knew about it.

By the way, I really use
the polite way of addressing him.

Well, he said he didn't know.

So we went to check it out

and we found a boat
with a crew of five people.

They lived on it year round.

No questions asked...

They wouldn't offer their services...

I would say 3 years from now AvtoVAZ
will be a very profitable company.

These places would be
worth much more.

What I would do as a Swedish guy,

I would just take out these
linoleum floors...

and just plaster with
the wooden floor,

but keep the furniture
and keep everything as it is.

Make it a cultural monument.

Because 20 years from now,
this will be very unique.

Good morning, everybody.

Let's start. Kalina, please.

Yesterday we executed the plan.

We have no incomplete cars.

Priora?

30 cars retrofitted
with maniverters.

We have all components.

Vesta?

We executed builds
and delivery plans.

No incomplete cars.

- We have all parts?
- Yes.

The first September days in Tolyatti
mean not only that summer is over

they also mean that the Lada Vesta
knocks on the door.

VESTA
THE FUTURE BEGINS NOW

Ladies and gentleman,

it is September 25th, 2015,
exactly 12:36 pm.

The first of its kind!
it just left the assembly line!

The new Lada Vesta!

The future begins now!

Mum...

(speaking Czech)
Mummy, I'm not going to bed yet.

(speaking Czech)
But Bo is.

- I'm not going.
- What?

(speaking German) Are you going to bed
or did you want Daniel to go?

Me... I need to go.

Oh, Bo's going.

That's fine with him then.

Out with the bourgeois!

Let us go on strike!

ANDERSSON, WE NEED JOBS,
NOT FAIRY TALES!

It's like "you're the most honest,
the most wonderful worker"

if you come in
according to the schedule.

It doesn't matter if you're drunk
incapable or lazy.

What matters is you came.

But now you have to work like me.
Don't sleep!

Go to the plant and work.

And what do we get for that?
Just nickels. Peanuts!

We don't need
any kids who might fall ill,

relatives or parents that can die.

Someone will take them to
the cemetery without your help.

That is all disgusting!

What's left to us?
We are not allowed to get sick,

we can just croak at the workplace
and off to cemetery with us.

STRIKE! NATIONALISATION!
MODERNISATION!

Hands off AvtoVAZ!
Hands off AvtoVAZ!

There is a very bad mood
in the factory now.

To tell the truth,
the workers are afraid.

Daily, we have to sign papers
that we won't attend any gatherings.

Any meetings.

That we won't tell anyone anything.

- You are not afraid?
- Why should I be? Afraid of whom?

If they fire me,
I'll work somewhere else.

Here we go.

A light bulb in a blinker.
Loose contact.

- Do you need to fix it?
- No. I'll just tap on it a bit.

In the end we had to buy
the snow blower ourselves.

I asked Mr. Andersson
if he could give us one.

A few days passed

and regarding the snowblower...

no one called or came by.

I grew rest-less

so I called Mr. Anderson's office

to find out what I should do next.

And I was told
that it has all been cancelled,

but they didn't tell me
any details or reasons for that.

I...

You know what my concern is?

I think I wouldn't like him
to take us

for some kind of trouble-makers
or disorganised cheaters.

We are good folks.

And I have no doubts
that Mr. Andersson is a decent man.

I believe that people
who were told to deliver it

simply didn't bother.
So that's how it is.

The case with the snow plough...
No, the snow blower...

The President ordered it

to be delivered to The Walruses.

Some 5 people
from the technical department

came to bid it farewell...

It arrived at the Centre

and The Walruses refused it
because it is 4 years old.

And this is not all.

They wrote a letter to the President

explaining that they had
expected a brand new one.

But he doesn't have time
for this kind of thing.

So he took it back from them.

And 5 people gave it
a warm welcome back.

(in Czech)
Can you open it?

Come on...

(in Russian) It is flooded down there.

There is lot of water on the floor.

Can you tell us something about it?

Please, come closer.

We've been trying
to get rid of the water.

But the tunnel on the eastern side
has a flat floor

and the water has nowhere to go.

We would need
to tilt the flooring there.

How long
has it been flooded down there?

In the tunnel on the south side...

Without a general reconstruction,
of the floor the water will be there.

- It will stay there?
- Always.

The Czech manager Katerina Matusková
had to leave her position in AvtoVAZ

due to her intimate relationship
with Bo Inge Andersson

which created
a conflict of interests.

(speaking Czech)
Where should I start?

I've spent almost
a year and a half here

and only now do I understand
how everything is connected together.

That's why we are on the river bank

50 meters from any building.

I hope that's sufficient
to prevent any eavesdropping.

If I'd been aware of it or if
someone'd warned me at the beginning

neither I, Bo nor our Czech team
would be in the current situation.

That is...

We wouldn't be leaving AvtoVAZ.

We came here
to accomplish something,

to make changes, to write history...

To change people's attitudes...

Bo...

Hard to tell.
He has rather closed up.

He doesn't want to show
his emotions

and I think
he is working on a plan.

What you see here

is without doubt
Andersson's team's achievement.

The car is becoming a bestseller.

And...

All the effort he's put into AvtoVAZ

will be appreciated only
after he is no longer here.

Dear colleagues,

Greetings, dear delegates.

You heard from the President
of AvtoVAZ

that the workers
must be cherished,

that he would dismiss
a minimum of people,

and that Russian specialists
deserve respect

and they deserve good wages.

It all ended up quite different.

You may say that there were only
1000 people laid-off.

But we all know
that thousands of workers left

because they'd been afraid
they'd be made redundant.

Yes, we've heard many times
that compared to other factories

we have too many employees
and too low productivity.

But no one takes into account
that AvtoVAZ

is the last remaining
Russian manufacturer

capable of completing
the entire car production cycle.

All of this brings us
to an unsettling conclusion;

we will become just an assembly line
for licensed foreign cars.

Please, think about that

and save AvtoVAZ
as a Russian manufacturer.

Thank you.

According to the latest news
Bo Inge Andersson will step down

from his position
as the President of AvtoVAZ.

His resignation was requested
by the shareholders of the company.

Are you happy now, Viktor?

Now? When working?

No, I mean now.

In March 2017.

Well...

How shall I put it...
What does it mean ”happy”?

I wish it was better.

It is going
down hill at the factory.

They started fooling us
by offering us sums of money...

Like five salaries...

Or seven monthly salaries...

They pay you at once
and you "leave of your own accord”.

Life used to be merrier.

There were plenty of kids around.

At the rowing club in summer,

there were 400 - 500 people
training every day!

There is no one there now.

A human dies
when his heart stops beating.

Then he dies.

And when this factory dies
our town dies with it.

A city on the banks
of the river Volga,

our love for you is in every verse,

through happiness and sorrow
we will be with you

bound together by a cruel destiny...

Bound together by a cruel destiny.

It has taken many of us

to faraway lands and towns,

but we always return horne to
the mirror by the Zhiguli mountain.

Home to
the mirror by the Zhiguli mountain.

Tolyatti city — so bright, full of light,

Tolyatti city — it lives for its people,

A city born from our love,
be even kinder and more beautiful.

Streets as straight as arrows

disappear among old pine trees,

and through them the city
clings to the river.

A city floating on the Volga river.

A city floating on the Volga river.

There it is,
look out of the open window,

run and search
for new people to live here,

so we won't lose
this precious chance.

We need to love
the city with all our hearts,

we need to love
the city with all our hearts!