Russian Federation
STATUS: Independent State
FORMERLY: Part of the U.S.S.R.
CAPITAL: Moscow
WORLD LOCATION: Northern Asia
FIRST LICENSE PLATES IN USE: 1991
MOTOR VEHICLES CURRENTLY REGISTERED: Approx. 9,500,000
GRAPHICS USED: Plates currently in use have the abbreviation "RUS", along with the new Russian Federation red/white/blue tri-color flag.
PLATES ARE: Officially issued.
SINGLE PLATES OR PAIRS: Pairs
OVAL: RUS ISO:
CARS DRIVE ON: Right
Header plate courtesy of Tony Rudenko
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Russian Federation TRAILER plate - rear plate only. From the JJ Potylo-Glanzmann collection (Switzerland) |
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