In 2006, Nissan began building an assembly facility with capacity to produce up to 50,000 vehicles per year at the village of Pargolovo in Saint Petersburg,[2] incorporating it as Nissan Manufacturing Rus LLC (Russian: ООО "Ниcсан Мэнуфэкчуринг Рус") in June 2006.

[3] The facility became operational in June 2009[4] and it produced various crossovers as the X-Trail, Murano and Qashqai.

[4] In March 2022, following a lack of components as a result of sanctions derived from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Nissan Manufacturing Rus halted operations.

[2] In November 2022, the state enterprise NAMI acquired Nissan Manufacturing Rus (including its assembly plant,[5] a research and development facility, and the Moscow marketing and sales offices)[6] for a "symbolic price" with a six-year buyback option for Nissan.

[5] In June 2023, the company was officially re-registered as Lada Saint Petersburg LLC.