Russia proposes simplified driver's license exchange for new regions
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation has prepared a draft presidential decree providing for a simplified procedure for replacing driver's licenses for residents of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, as well as the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
Consensus
- The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs prepared a draft presidential decree to establish a simplified procedure for exchanging driver's licenses.
- The procedure applies to residents of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
- The exchange will be done without taking exams or paying state fees.
- The draft is being discussed publicly on the Unified Portal for federal regulatory act project information.
- The measure aims to ensure the rights of citizens living or previously living in the reunited territories to operate vehicles.
- The draft was developed to implement changes to federal constitutional laws on the formation of new subjects within the Russian Federation.
Points of divergence
- The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of Russia announced on August 31 that drivers can present QR codes of their driver's license and vehicle registration certificate to traffic police via the Max messenger, though electronic documents do not replace paper ones and are optional. — vedomosti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Ministry of Internal Affairs proposed to simplify exchange of driver's licenses for residents of new regions — Ведомости
- Ministry of Internal Affairs proposed changing driver's licenses for residents of new regions in a simplified manner — Интерфакс