Russia's new passenger car sales fall 9.5 pct in January

MOSCOW, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Russia sold 80,604 new passenger cars in January, down 9.5 percent year on year, according to industry data released Wednesday.

Domestic brand Lada remained the market leader, with sales totaling 19,644 units during the month, said Sergey Tselikov, director of Russian automotive analytical agency Autostat.