I would love a source if this is true. Sounds too good to be.
Then again, Model A under licence would probably be more reliable than any car Russia has managed to put together since.
Edit: This seems to be a source. The video is grainy though, so while it's clear that Russia's equipment is not exactly state of the art it's not confirmed that they still use the GAZ-AA trucks, which is the Russian-produced version of the Ford Model AA (truck version of A).