A view shows an entrance to the plant of carmaker AvtoVAZ in the city of Togliatti, Russia, in this February 24, 2016 file photo. REUTERS/Gleb Stolyarov/Files
TOGLIATTI, Russia (Reuters) - In the heartland of Russia's struggling car-making industry, people blame foreigners for their economic hardship, not their country's rulers.
The Volga river city of Togliatti is the nearest there is to a Russian version of Detroit, and it was hit hard when Russia's economy slowed down, aggravated by a fall in global oil prices and Western sanctions over Russia's role in the Ukraine crisis.
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