Initially, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Russia have suspended until further notice due to ongoing global logistics issues with components delivery. South Korea's Hyundai Motor is considering options for its suspended Russia operations that could include selling its manufacturing plant there, South Korean media reported. Hyundai, South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate, said it had not decided the future of its Saint Petersburg facility following a news report that negotiations to sell the plant were in the final stages. Transactions on the sale of Russian assets of Hyundai and Volkswagen are close to completion and are included in the agenda of the upcoming meetings of the Law Commission on Foreign Investments. The Russian government has reportedly rejected Hyundai Motor's application to sell off its Russian plant. As Toyota, Nissan, Renault, and Volkswagen have already said their goodbyes and left Russia, Hyundai has become the only global carmaker remaining there. With the possibility of a prolonged war looming, Hyundai is expected to seek a new exit strategy as it is difficult to sustain itself locally. By the end of 2023, Hyundai Motor will close its local plant, which once contributed to the automaker's high sales in Russia. By the end of 2023, Hyundai Motor will close its local plant, which once contributed to the automaker's high sales in Russia. South Korea's Hyundai Motor plans to sell its plant in Russia for a nominal 7,000 roubles ($77.67), making it the latest global automaker to sell Russian assets since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. Hyundai Motor, in a regulatory filing, said it would take a 287 billion won ($219.19 million) loss on selling the plant, in which operations have been suspended since March 2022. The Russian company Art-Finance, which owns the former Volkswagen plant in Russia, has closed a deal to acquire the Hyundai plant in St. Petersburg.