The tyre maker, which is divesting its Russian plant, said it made an operating loss of 13.5 million euros ($14.45 million) in the quarter, down from a profit of 53 million a year earlier, missing analysts' average forecast of a 22.1 million profit in a company-provided poll.

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(Reporting by Anne Kauranen in Helsinki, editing by Terje Solsvik)