The authorities of the Moscow region expect that production at the Mercedes-Benz plant in the Solnechnogorsky district will begin in 2019, deputy chairman of the Moscow regional government, German Yelyanyushkin said on Wednesday.

"At the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) an agreement was signed with Mercedes on the placement of production in the environs of Moscow. In 2019, when, we hope, production will be launched, this will create a new living environment in the Solnechnogorsky district," he said during the forum, "Moscow Environs - a Comfortable Environment."

He said that under the current conditions this agreement is important from a political point of view.