"The Chinese groups Chery Automobile, Great Wall Motor and Geely Automobile captured a combined 16.5% of sales of new passenger cars and small commercial vehicles in Russia for 2022, up from 6.3% the year before, the Association of European Businesses reports. Chery increased Russian sales by 31% to 53,000 autos, though Geely's volume slipped by 0.7% to 24,000 vehicles. Chinese brands' market share is on track to surpass one-quarter this year, Russian media report, as the automakers benefit from the ease of maintaining parts supplies from China. Like India and many other countries, China has not joined the Western-led sanctions against Russia. Russian-Chinese relations "are progressing and growing steadily, and we are reaching new milestones," President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi in Moscow last week. Trade between the two countries jumped 30% last year, China's General Administration of Customs reports, reaching a second consecutive annual record."