OREANDA-NEWS. Ministry of Industry predicts that sales of new cars in Russia in 2015 could fall by half, to 1.3 million units on the pessimistic scenario. However, in the case of the state support the sales will reduce only by 25%, it follows from the presentation of Ministry of Industry and Trade, which was examined by "Za rulem.RF." "The lack of adequate state support in the first and second quarter of 2015 will lead to the development of the market by the pessimistic scenario”, in accordance with the presentation.

Among the measures of state support, Ministry of Industry and Trade notes the program of parc renovation in the first half with the cost more than 10 billion Rubles, by which it is planned to sell 160 thousand new cars. Also in the list of measures there are subsidies for the purchase by the subjects of the Russian Federation buses and vehicles on natural gas at a rate of 3 billion Rubles (about 1,250 units of equipment, including 900 buses) and direct government purchases of more than 5.7 thousand of vehicles for 10,74 billion rubles, among which more than 800 - for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, including about 500 – for Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Defense, and FSIN and FMBA, respectively.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Industry of the Russian Federation hopes to start the car market recovery in 2016, said the head of the Ministry of Industry, Denis Manturov. And according to the forecast of Industry of Economic Development, with an increase in oil prices and the easing of sanctions of the West in the years 2017-2018, it will return to the level of 2013.