In July 1998, the then Deputy Mayor of Moscow, Valery Shantsev, and a representative from Renault signed an agreement to create an automotive joint venture,[3] based on an old OAO Moskvitch facility.

[4] In October 2004, Renault purchased a 26% of the Moscow's share in the partnership[5] and in 2006 increased its participation to 94.1%.

[4][6][7] In July 2014, Renault announced the renaming of its Russian subsidiary, changing its name from Avtoframos to Renault Russia in order to strengthen the company's relationship with the Renault-badged, Russian-made cars within the clients.

[10] The Moscow city plans to use Renault Russia assets to relaunch Moskvitch-badged production.

[15][16][17][needs update] In 2013, the company produced 195,112 vehicles, which were Duster, Mégane, Fluence, Logan and Sandero.