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The military license plates have white characters on a black background and the format is NNNN LL for vehicles and LL NNNN for trailers. In this case the two digits on the right are not a regional code but a code for the military district, armed forces branch or service, or federal executive body where military service is required by law.
The military format remained unchanged since 1959, thus the plates belonging to the military began to stand out against the general population. In the late 1980s to the 1990s an updated type of military plates bearing the same coloring scheme and format, but with an appearance similar to civilian plates was developed.
The first batch of plates were released in May 2015. [1] The design of the plates was used from May to December 2015, when the design was again changed. The Russian Federation began to recognize license plates originating from the Donetsk People's Republic and the neighboring Luhansk People's Republic in February 2017. [2]
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have banned vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory, a joint move in line with a recent interpretation of the European Union’s sanctions ...
A standard license plate in the Luhansk People's Republic. On 21 December 2022 there was a change in terms of license plate issuing. Russian plates were first issued on that day with the Code 181, after The Lugansk People’s Republic became a part of Russia on September 30, 2022 following the unification referendum.
The size for the single line license plate is 520 mm by 112 mm. Two-line optimized by size license plate must be shaped to fit to montage place and could have length 220–400 mm and height 110–320 mm. The size for three-line motorcycle license plates are 220 mm by 174 mm.
The customs agency of Lithuania, which borders Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave, said on Wednesday that it had turned back 36 vehicles with Russian license plates from the border in the past 48 hours.
In the territory controlled by the government of Georgia (before 2008), the Georgian license plates were issued. Since 2004, cars with Georgian plates are prohibited in Abkhazia, as are Abkhazian plates in mainland Georgia. Cross-border travel is therefore only possible with Russian, Armenian, or Azeri plates.