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"177", The three-digit code for Moscow, which exhausted 77, 99 and 97. The new code was expected to be introduced in May 2005. This particular picture was made in end-July 2005.
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The reverse side of a paper transit plate bearing wealth of information on the vehicle and its owner. When a "normal" citizen plate is issued to a vehicle, this plate is withdrawn. If you want to get a larger image, please let me know.
The front side of a transit (provisional) plate. The plate is made of paper and the data is printed on both sides. This side is visible to everyone.
A recently introduced transit plate - issued to the vehicles forever leaving Russia. This is a metal plate; I have never seen it issued with a Russian national flag.
Transit plates are often (to say the least) incompliant with the GOST requirements: printed in other fonts, with other dimensions or even having no reverse side...