Editing Lada Niva (section)

==Notable owners==
[[Vladimir Putin]] bought a Niva in May 2009.<ref>[http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/world/2419246/Putin-flaunts-new-Lada-Niva ''Putin flaunts new Lada Niva'' Associated Press in Moscow, used by New Zealand Stuff.co.nz news portal, 18 May 2009]. Retrieved 4 September 2014.</ref> He showed his camouflage-painted [[Opel]]-engined offroader in the Russian media, allegedly to support [[Automotive industry in Russia|domestic car producers]] despite the [[Global financial crisis in 2009|financial crisis]].<ref>[http://www.themoscowtimes.com/sitemap/free/2010/1/article/putin-pimps-his-russian-made-ride-with-german-engine/398259.html ''Putin Pimps His Russian-Made Ride With German Engine'' Associated dispatch quoted by Moscow Times, Moscow, 27 January 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304175929/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/sitemap/free/2010/1/article/putin-pimps-his-russian-made-ride-with-german-engine/398259.html |date=4 March 2015 }}. Retrieved 4 September 2014.</ref><ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/7078958/Vladimir-Putins-embarrassing-Lada-revelation.html , Andrew Osborn in Moscow, ''Daily Telegraph'', London, 26 January 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722181204/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/7078958/Vladimir-Putins-embarrassing-Lada-revelation.html |date=22 July 2014 }}. Retrieved 4 September 2014.</ref>

Serbian football player [[Aleksandar Kolarov]] received a certificate for a Lada 4×4/Niva as a reward for scoring a goal in his team's match against [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]] during the [[Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup bid|Russia 2018 World Cup.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/lada-car-reward-for-serbia-s-match-winner-aleksandar-kolarov-1.741428|title=Lada car reward for Serbia's match-winner Aleksandar Kolarov|website=The National| date=18 June 2018 |access-date=17 March 2019}}</ref>