Russia's Avtovaz workers protest mass layoffs

Several hundred people on Saturday took to the streets in Tolyatti,
home to Russia's largest carmaker Avtovaz, to protest against mass
layoffs at the ailing maker of the trademark Lada car. Saturday's
demonstration is the latest in a series of protests to shake the
company town of 700 ,000 people on the Volga River in central Russia
and comes as the carmaker is gearing up to lay off thousands of
workers. Protesters, including Avtovaz employees and their
supporters, carried placards with slogans such as "No to Avtovaz
bankruptcy" and "Those who will shut down Avtovaz will not be loved
by us."