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Driving in Russia

The licence plates you will see on the road in Russia, how to read them, and what a car from abroad needs.

RUSSIA6090110

Speed limits

Default limits for cars, unless signs say otherwise, as on the signs at border crossings.

In towns
60 km/h
Outside towns
90 km/h
Motorways
110 km/h

Up to 130 km/h on motorways where signed.

Before you drive

Vignette and tolls
There is no vignette. Toll roads include the M11 motorway between Moscow and Saint Petersburg and shortcuts on the M4, run by the state company Avtodor, and the Western Rapid Diameter in Saint Petersburg.

Rules and prices change. Check the official site before you travel.

RUS

Country code

Cars registered here show the country code RUS. Abroad, the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic asks for it at the rear of the car: on a white oval sticker, or as part of the plate. A car from abroad shows its own country code at the rear in the same way.

Reading the plates

Plates carry an area code that shows where the car was registered: 161 codes across 83 federal subjects. For example:

А 123 ВС 31
Area codes on the mapAll area codes

Plates you will see

  • А 123 ВС 77

    Standard · Since 1993

Special plates

Plate formats and history of Russia

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