Video: Lada car is everywhere in Russia, Maclean’s says

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Posted Feb 19, 2014 6:23 am.

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They’re not the official car of the Olympics, but the primitive vehicle is ubiquitous, Maclean’s magazine BC bureau chief Ken MacQueen says.

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