Japanese automaker Toyota has announced its suspending operations at its only Russian plant, joining other manufacturers from the country who are restricting trade or planning such a move in Russia. “Toyota Motor Russia will stop production at its St-Petersburg plant from 4 March and has stopped imports of vehicles, until further notice, due to supply chain disruptions,” the company said in an announcement on March 3. The St. Petersburg plant is the sole manufacturing facility Toyota has in Russia, which makes Camry and RAV4 models mainly for the domestic market. With 168 retail locations, Toyota is the biggest Japanese car brand in Russia. The St. Petersburg plant employs 2,000 workers and outputs 80,000 vehicles. Toyota does not have any factories in Ukraine, but has 37 retail locations. Activities in these outlets were suspended on Feb. 24 when Russia initiated the war. Manufacturing and sales operations in the rest of Europe …