Until 2001, vehicles owned by a foreign citizen or company were black on yellow, and the registration was in a reversed format with the double letters first. This particular number was issued to a truck in July 1997.
Russia
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1993 onwards normal series plate. 18 suffix = Udmurtia republic. |
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1993-2001 foreigner plate, 77 suffix = Moscow city (code issued until 1998). Until 2001, vehicles owned by a foreign citizen or company were black on yellow, and the registration was in a reversed format with the double letters first. This particular number was issued to a truck in July 1997. |
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2002 onwards public service vehicle plate (vehicles transporting passengers, such as busses and taxis), 35 suffix = Vologda. |
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2010 onwards transit plate for previously unregistered vehicles, made of thin plastic coated cardboard, 35 suffix = Nizhegorod. |
See also from the
Svalbard page:
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Russian mining community plate. APБ = Barentsburg.
These plates were introduced in the early 1990s in the layout of the pre-1993 Russian plates and still use this design. Before that, Russian vehicles in Svalbard had no plates. |