The car number contains certain information about its owner.. It makes it possible to determine the region and the status of the owner of the car.

When buying, every car enthusiast wants beautiful memorable numbers for his vehicle. But they can be remembered not only by numbers, but also by letters.

A regular registration number contains three letters and three numbers in the main part. Still, more attention is paid to the numbers.

But no less relevant is the question of what the letters on the numbers of cars in Russia mean.

The symbols on the license plates of a car or other vehicle are the main registration information, which represents the region and mode of transport data necessary to identify the driver.

If at least one character is missing on the license plate, or the numbers cannot be read for some other reason, then the owner vehicle will be punished with a certain fine.

Numbers are set according to the rules traffic, they spelled out the algorithm and timing of installation. The location for the registration number is located on the substrate, which is specially installed on the bumper.

Positioning in any other conspicuous place is considered a violation, which entails a fine. It is important that the license plates are not upside down.

The usual number is conditionally divided into 2 parts. On the left are three letters and three numbers. The first is a letter, then three numbers, followed by the remaining two characters.

In accordance with GOST R 50577-93 - three letters in the number are a series, and numbers are the registration plate number. Russian license plates use only 12 letters of the Russian alphabet.

These are exactly the letters that have an analogue in the Latin alphabet. Among them are A, B, E, K, M, H, O, R, C, T, U, X. C right side letters and numbers are also depicted, but the letters are no longer Russian.

The numbers indicate the region of the Russian Federation where the car is registered, there may be 2 or 3. And the letters "RUS" in the car number mean belonging to the country in which it is registered.

These are all signs that are available in a regular room. In addition to them, there is only a figure with the colors of the flag of the Russian Federation.

Registration plates can have one of 5 colors. Some of them speak about the privileges of a motorist and carry information about belonging to the divisions of the state structure.

In addition to the above, there are license plates that are used by people and organizations close to the authorities in Russian Federation.

These numbers often give the car an advantage on the road. Operational FSB vehicles may have different state registration plates.

The decoding of license plates should begin with the FSO RF series - EKH99. It appeared instead of EKX77, and EKX177 was used when the summit was held in St. Petersburg, after which it was handed over to the warehouse.

The EKX97 series belongs to the FSO and other departments that have the appropriate immunity.

Vehicles of the FSB and the UD of the President

One part of the signs from the XKX77 series is used by the FSB, and wealthy people always wanted to have the other on their cars, so it was sold.

Cars from the Office of the President use license plates from the AOO77, MOO77, BOO77 and COO77 series.

A vehicle with a beacon indicates that a special postman from the State Fiscal Service of the Russian Federation is moving on it. These cars do not have advantages on the roads.

The series numbers AKP177, EKR177, VKR177 and KKR177 mean belonging to those close to the authorities. These cars used to have state license plates. of blue color.

EP177 series numbers have members State Duma.

After the blue license plates were introduced, the Ministry of Internal Affairs partially sold out the numbers AMP77, KMP77, BMP77, OMP77, MMP77, TMP77 and UMP77.

Only a few of them remained under the control of this department.

PMP77 - license plates of the prosecutor's office. Series AMO77 - almost completely used by the Moscow City Hall.

Deciphering thieves' numbers on a car highlights people who are in power and the relevant state structures.

Numbers such as HAA99, CAA99, TAA99 and XAA99 are also considered thieves. Their main difference lies in the fact that both FSB or research institute employees and a cool private trader have these signs.

Numbers play a big role. Beautiful numbers can be called those that have the same numbers.

The most popular and sought after are the three sevens. After all, 7 is considered a lucky number. License plates that begin with two zeros are also popular - 003, 002 and the like. As well as mirrors, for example, 101, 202.

But they look very nice and stand out among a large number cars, vehicles, license plates of which contain three identical letters - TTT, UUU, XXX.

The exception is thieves, they are not used by ordinary citizens. Any other identical numbers are not considered thieves. It’s just that such license plates are not issued at the MREO, but are sold.

Prices for beautiful rooms are different - 3000 rubles and more. For such an amount, you can buy the simplest mirrors or just an extraordinary simple number.

For example, you can hang the number 308 on a Peugeot 308 for free, but practice proves that no one will give it away just like that. The same awaits those who want to use BMW numbers that match the model.

Price same digits starts from 15 thousand rubles, taking into account registration with a commercial MREO. In 2019, the prices for the same letters have increased greatly, and together with beautiful numbers, they are practically unattainable for a middle-class citizen.

But you should always keep in mind that having cool rooms will not eliminate all possible troubles. After all, certification plays a major role.

It is best to always follow the rules of the road. Not only your own health and life depends on this, but also the lives of other people involved in road traffic.

Thus, the combination of license plates is built according to the principle - 3 letters and three numbers. The letters on the car numbers are deciphered as a number plate series, the numbers are the code of the region where the car is registered.

In addition, it should be borne in mind that the meaning of some letters can be radically different in different regions of the country.

AAA numbers in Moscow are included in the list of the most "thieves", as they are found on the cars of the administration of the President of Russia, governors and some federal public services. In addition to officials, the owners of the license plates of this series are also famous athletes, wealthy entrepreneurs and prominent representatives show business.

Some of the registration numbers of the AAA series are obtained through influential acquaintances, and some for a lot of money. To buy AAA numbers in Moscow an ordinary person will need to spend a fairly tidy sum Money.

Information about the "AAA" series with regions 77,97,99

Series AAA77. Reliable sources say that such license plates were issued absolutely free of charge from 1993 to 1994. Today, they are very rarely seen. In addition, it is impossible to outweigh such license plates without the sanction of the UGIBDD of Moscow. In this regard, such license plates are found on the cars of wealthy citizens. The AAA77 series is not assigned to any department - there are no beacons on cars with these registration plates. The price for such license plates in Moscow starts from 5,000 USD.

Series AAA99. Some of the signs in this series belong to the FSB, but most of them are installed on private vehicles. The price tag starts at 4,000 USD.

Series AAA97. Seeing a car with a license plate of this series, you can be sure that a very wealthy private person is driving it. For example, the number A001AA97 was once seen on a car of a German manufacturer, owned by the famous singer Alla Pugacheva. Registration plate A010AA97 - on the Lexus RX300 of the Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. The cost of the AAA97 series is from 3,500 USD.

What will the AAA license plate holder get in return?

• Firstly, probably, every road user is well aware of who can be the owner of a car with such “cool” numbers, and, as a rule, they prefer cautious behavior in relation to him.
• Secondly, traffic police inspectors try to avoid conflicts with the owners of such license plates, avoiding provoking misunderstandings on the road by noticing the AAA series.
• Thirdly, this license plate itself is very attractive and draws the attention of others.

If you have enough connections and funds to purchase this license plate, know that everyone will be aware of your high status in life, of course, this is very pleasing to self-esteem.

State car sign AAA received an interesting nickname among the public - "Three Annas". Despite this, it captivates the minds of both male and female drivers. This number can be seen both on the brutal Mercedess S-class and on the sports female car Audi TT.

AAA78- "Sobchakovsky" series, A.A. Sobchak (the first and last mayor of St. Petersburg) went to a999aa78 this series has been replaced by OOO78. On this moment the series is widely sold, part of the group is still on the balance sheet of Smolninskoye State Unitary Enterprise and other executive authorities of St. Petersburg.

AAA98- (almost complete replacement O *** OO78) - Administration of St. Petersburg, owned by Smolninskoye State Unitary Enterprise, as well as inclusions of vehicles of some Federal services, federal agencies, Federal State Unitary Enterprise, inclusions of private traders, for example. а023аа98 - а027аа98 - one commercial bank. It is difficult to get such numbers, but it is possible.

OOO78- most of the GRZ was given to private owners, a significant amount remained with the administration of St. 1996-2003).

OOO98- partly the Government of St. Petersburg, federal services and agencies, widespread among private traders, for example, o001oo98 - the head of OOO TD Lukoil-Neva. Affiliation O9**OO98 traditional - FSO;You will never see the series on private cars OOO98, whose numbers start with 9 - these cars are listed in the fleet of the Federal Security Service, and, as they say, are not sold for any money.

OOO47- most of the GRZ are held by private traders, but there are exceptions, for example. o020ko47 - Prosecutor's Office of Leningrad Region.

OKO98- Numbers of this series belong to the prosecutor's office. They are given the first 200 numbers (001-099 Prosecutor's Office of St. Petersburg, 100-199 Prosecutor's Office of the Leningrad Region). The issuance of the GRZ of this series to individuals is carried out only by a letter signed by the prosecutor of one of the named subjects of the Russian Federation. 2**, 3**, 7** - Federal Bailiff Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. o9 ** ko98 - Judicial Department under the RF Armed Forces. Rooms are for sale, but expensive.

OKO78- FSB - at 7 ** (if the car is "correct"), the Ministry of Justice - at 8 **, FAPSI (until 2003) and the Federal Courier Service - at 9 **, there are other institutions, for example o515ko78 - State Customs Committee "Russia", o1**ko78 - there are vehicles of the military prosecutor's office, o2**ko78 - many vehicles of federal services and agencies. The series is not cheap.

OSK98- partial replacement o***ko98 in April-May 2008 investigative committee at the Prosecutor General's Office. The series was launched in the spring of 2008. Most of the vehicles were transferred to this series with the preservation of the figures of the group.

OKS98- The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, launched in May-June 2008 (regional replacement of moo77 FGU ATK UD of the President of the Russian Federation), as well as some of the institutions of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation.

OOA98- the first 50 GRZ from the deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg (due to certain reasons o001oa98 - the wife of the chairman of the Legislative Assembly Tyulpanova), up to 199 - according to the letters of the Legislative Assembly, after private traders and enterprises, for example. Baltika, Special Materials, etc. HPartially belongs to the administration, lower ranks of vice-governors and the leadership of committees, partially given to law enforcement agencies. It is not uncommon for cars of this series to be “issued” to private firms for representative purposes.

OOA78- earlier ZAKS of St. Petersburg up to 200, the Federal Tax Service, the Federal Treasury Department, LenEnergo (o07 * oa78), State Unitary Enterprises (for example, o43 * oa78 - GUP TEK) have it. And what applies to OOA98 .

OOA47- o001oa47 and o099oa47 - Governor of the Leningrad Region. V. P. Serdyukov, and everything between these two numbers is the administration of the Leningrad Region; part of the hundreds in the spring of 2009 was given to private traders.

JSC78- a lot of security forces, for example, 7** - partially FSB, 6** - Customs, GUIN, etc.

JSC47- similar to the 78th region.

JSC98- relatively New episode(February 2009), has a mixed private-departmental affiliation. o7**ao98 is traditionally left to the state security agencies. The first number in the oao78 series was issued in 2007 (presumably o6 ** ao98 is an Infiniti car, but has never been seen on the streets).

OAA98- "Bugrovskaya" series, inclusions special machines(FSB of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Internal Affairs, etc.) in every hundred.

OOS78- the administration was under Sobchak, something is thematic even now, the SES, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and closed enterprises have it, for example, o100os78 - the number of V.V. Putin when he was the first deputy mayor of St. Petersburg for external relations; according to tradition, they also have o7 ** os78. o001os78 director of the Ice Palace.

OOS98- issued in the MREO in the general queue and sold inexpensively to those who "did not have time." It has nothing to do with 78.

OCM78- Former numbers of Smolny. When Matvienko came, everyone was transferred to this series, now OCM78 The 7th and 9th hundreds partially remained with the FSB, the rest of the numbers are widely distributed, but there are also themed cars, such as traffic police evacuators etc.

OCM98- Fully commercial series, to OCM78 has nothing to do, everything is sold and never met on themed cars.

OTU47 OTU78- North-Western Customs Administration of the Federal Customs Service of Russia up to 200 (operational customs), the rest was allowed into a private series through simple MREO.

UN78- the former tax police, now partly the Federal Tax Service (STC) and the Federal Tax Service, could be bought through the 6th MREO, or you could just get under the distribution.

UN98- GosNarkoKontrol (GNK), the first few hundred on department vehicles, most often on Zhiguli from kopecks to viburnums with priors.Recently, private traders have become fashionable. They say that ruining the facade of such a car is considered mandatory for all drug addicts in the city. o001on98 from Tyulpanov, o100on98 from Bugrov S.I., some figures from those close to him. After 200 on sale. Inexpensive series.

ECX98- Until 2010, the series did not find wide circulation, 5-10 issues were issued, and only the "closest" ones according to the so-called. special order, then completely sold as a beautiful one. Series numbers ECX178 issued in general order in the windows of MREO, but also successfully sold as beautiful ones.

OOM98- A series belonging to the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, the first head office, the second - to district divisions. Partial replacement of the blue r **** 78, district members and wealthy private traders.

OOM78- there is the GUIN, the FSB (171, 173, etc.) have now been transferred to a *** mr97, the Federal Tax Service and the prosecutor's office (private owners have a lot), it is thematic and o016om78, everyone saw this MLku with beacons (FSB).

OOM47- similar to the 78th region, but also found on private traders.

OTT78- the former traffic cop from 100, the embassy had a couple of cars in the first hundred, and to this day there are 02 * left, now there are a lot of private traders, but they also come across in state institutions and special services.

OTT98- former numbers UGIBDD in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region. However, 0 ** and 9 ** those who went on flag numbers and cool comers, at the embassy 06 * and 07 *, o100tt98 - according to tradition, at S. I. Bugrov. Most of them are currently sold out.

OSA98- came to replace OTT98(April-May 2008), UGIBDD St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region. o0 ** sa98 to the “correct” cars of “their people”, for example, o022 sa98 Mikhail Boyarsky, o100 sa98 at S. I. Bugrov, head of the traffic police of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region. o101ca98, o102ca98, o103ca98, o104ca98 - Bugrov's deputies (thanks to these numbers, they received nicknames from some ordinary traffic police inspectors, like the hundredth, one hundred second, one hundred third, etc.) 0 ** ca98, o8 ** ca98 and o9 * * sa98 and some others - hundreds for private traders. The series was actively sold and at one time was the most expensive and gave greatness to their owners, who considered themselves untouchable on the road with these numbers (for the time being).

OSA78- fake under the 98th region. They were issued for free, but after the popularity of OCA98, they began to actively go from hand to hand from those that did not have time to cut.

OTT47- partially replacing the blue numbers, most of the private owners.

Does it exist in modern Russia the concept of "thieves" numbers?

Many car owners strive to buy a beautiful license plate for a car. The experience of motorists suggests that special, "thieves" numbers are a kind of message for traffic police officers, in which the special status of the car owner is encrypted. Time goes by, the privileged series of license plates are supplemented with new abbreviations, but such a service as the sale of state car number plates on a car is in constant demand.

Each car owner has his own motives to buy a "thieves" number of a privileged series. For some, re-issuing numbers with beautiful identical numbers and letters of the series is primarily a whim, a desire to decorate their (usually expensive) car in this way. Others see in beautiful cars mobile numbers are of practical use, because not every traffic police officer will dare to stop such a car. And in the general urban traffic flow, other road users try to avoid conflicts with the owners of "thieves" numbers. Who knows who can be driving a brand new Audi or an executive Mercedes with a beautiful number 777?

Almost all car owners know that you can get a beautiful number on your car only with some effort.

To do this, you must either have useful contacts in the relevant state power structures, or pay a tidy sum for the coveted number. Both of these are not available to everyone.

And now let's figure out what messages to traffic police officers can be hidden behind a certain abbreviation of the license plate of a car.

What do the numbers on the car mean?

First of all, let's answer right away - special series of car numbers really exist and can be a source of information for traffic police officers about the status of their owner. Most of the special series numbers belong to the Presidential Administration, the Government, the mayor's office, law enforcement agencies and other state authorities. On special rooms go deputies, senators, Judges of the Supreme and Constitutional Courts. A logical question arises: where can “mere mortals” get such numbers from? The answer is simple: the numbers of many special series were partially released into free circulation, from where they got to representatives of the business elite and famous people(to athletes, show business stars, etc.) Schemes for reissuing "thieves" numbers can be very diverse, including the purchase of a car with a beautiful license plate. You can find out how to re-register a number for your car in the Registration section.

Let's decipher the special series of thieves' numbers

We give examples of some of these series and describe what the abbreviations of special series mean, which are most often the subject of interest of car owners:

· AAA– Administration of the President of the Russian Federation;

· AMP97- the most prestigious part of the series of numbers *MP, which replaced the so-called "flag" numbers with a tricolor. It is installed on the vehicles of the Government, the Presidential Administration, the Federation Council, the FSB, etc.;

· AMP77, KMR77, PMP77, OMR77, BMP77, MMP77, TMP77(and others *MP77) - partly owned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB and others law enforcement agencies, various secret research institutes and other similar structures. Sometimes they are found in private cars, but not every "private trader" can get such a number for himself. For these series, there is no information in the databases about the owners of numbers, so there is an opinion that some of these numbers were given to car owners who go through witness protection programs;

· AKR177, WRC177, KKR177, EKR177- special series of license plates, assigned mainly to official transport structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They replaced the blue official registration plates. They are little known to most motorists, but they are well known to the traffic police and work well on the road;

· ECX- belong to the FSO, FSB and cars of other departments with similar immunity;

· HKH77- belongs to the FSB of Russia, but some of the numbers turned out to be with private car owners;

· KOO77– most of the series numbers belong to the fleet Constitutional Court;

· EP177- partly owned by cars of the State Duma, the majority belongs to the party " United Russia";

· AMO77, AMO99- Moscow Mayor's Office;

· AOO77, BOO77, MOO77, COO77- a special series of car numbers assigned to the Presidential Administration;

· AAA, BBB, EEE, KKK, MMM, NNN, OOO, RRR, CCC, TTT, UUU, XXX- not only beautiful, but often informative series of license plates. Individual series belong to Spetssvyaz vehicles, the FSB and other law enforcement agencies. So, the CCC series was issued to law enforcement agencies, often cars with numbers of this series can be found on the roads equipped with flashing beacons. The MMM77 series belongs to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, such numbers can often be found on the cars of the leaders of this structure. As mentioned above, AAA special series numbers have a special status. Some of them belong to the Presidential Administration, some belong to the FSB. It is almost openly stated that license plates of the EEE, KKK, MMM, NNN, LLC, UUU, etc. series belong to private individuals who have “blat” in the traffic police, FSO and other similar structures. In general, all beautiful car numbers with an abbreviation of three identical letters are regarded on the road as privileged and indicating the special status of their owners.

Beautiful car numbers: a feasible dream and a bonus to karma

But not only beautiful or significant series car owners are attracted by "thieves" numbers on cars. Spectacular number - another "fetish", for which many are willing to pay a tidy sum. Favorites are combinations of the same numbers (especially cool if they match the region numbers) - 111 (three units), 222 (three deuces), 333 (three triplets) 444 (three fours), 555 (three fives) 666 (three sixes) 777 (three sevens) 888 (three eights) 999 (three nines) and the first serial numbers - 001 (it is clear that the owner claims leadership in everything, including on the road), 002 , 003 , 004 , 005 , 006 , 007 (specially for James Bond fans) 008 , 009 . The numbers of Moscow and the Moscow region with regions have the greatest value in Russia: 77 , 99 , 97 , 177 , 199 , 197 , 777 , 50 , 90 , 150 , 190 , 750 .

Beautiful, "thieves" numbers often have an aesthetic function and express the desire of the car owner to stand out in the stream of cars. On the other hand, the re-registration of thieves' numbers also has a purely practical function. All car owners and traffic police officers are well aware that it is not at all easy to get beautiful license plates. special love for beautiful numbers nourished by wealthy businessmen and politicians. The preponderance of beautiful car numbers is practiced by pop stars or famous athletes. In any case (and every traffic police officer knows this from his own experience), a beautiful, “thieves” number is evidence that its owner has connections in government structures, a special social status or financial capabilities (and often all together). Accordingly, there are unspoken rules relationships with such car owners on the road, putting them in a privileged position.

They have differences: the number may differ in design (each state has its own appearance of the license plate), information that may be contained there (in addition to the unique numeric and alphabetic code, the license plate may contain the numeric code of the region). In addition to these differences, car numbers of various government services also have their own characteristics.

On such cars, you can see the number 3a with the letter code ECX and AMP. In particular, many are concerned about the question: what does it mean ECX number? At the same time, such “interesting” numbers can also be found on ordinary-looking civilian vehicles, but with a blinker.

What does the ECX number mean?

Cars equipped with a license plate with this letter code belong to the FSO of the Russian Federation. This designation is most popular in 77, 99, 199,177 and 97 regions. Special Series numbers, ECX, is typical for road transport registered in Russia.

Data car plate numbers exist for a long time. Therefore, not one motorist, standing in a traffic jam, wondered who owns the ECX numbers. Indeed, for drivers of cars equipped with such a license plate, there is no such thing as a traffic jam. And the rules of the road for them are only conditional.

What do the letters on the ECX numbers mean?

In order to find out what the ECX number means, you must remember that the numbers with this designation belong to the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. For a more detailed study of the information, you need to delve a little into history.

At the time of the appearance of the EKH series of numbers, the official decoding of the abbreviation was the phrase: "a single Kremlin economy." There was another, comic interpretation of the transcript: “Yeltsin + Krapivin = Good” (Yuri Krapivin was the head of the Federal Security Service at the time the series appeared, and it was he who offered Yeltsin to the already appeared series of privileged AAA numbers add one more). There is also a purely folk translation: “I eat as I want” (most soft version decryption).

In addition to the EKH, there are a number of other indices of government structures, information on which is presented in the table below.

Table of license plates

The table below will show the most common "interesting" numbers that give some advantage on the road over other road users (these license plates imply the installation of a "quack" and a flashing beacon on the car). At the same time, it is obvious that the car must match its license plate and lighthouse (executive class car).

Number	Office	Information
	FSO, FSB, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Investigative Committee, Prosecutor's Office	This series has become a replacement for numbers with the image of a flag, used by high-ranking officials of a number of state structures of the Russian Federation. Rooms of such a plan are almost impossible to buy, but can be rented for a very, very rather big amount.
		The most popular number series in Russia. It has a special weight in 77, 99, 199.177 and 97 regions. Although in any other case, for example, the number ECX 98, will cause close attention of other road users.
	Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (most of the series, also given into private hands).	The numbers are "perfect" for black cars, especially SUVs or executive sedans.
	Ministry of Internal Affairs of the city of Moscow	The numbers fell into the "general queue", they are not particularly popular in the relevant circles.
AOO77, BOO77, MOO77, COO77	Office of the President of the Russian Federation.	They may appear on sale, sometimes even car numbers with a nice number combination come across. They ideally "combine" with cars that, by their model, coincide with the presidential fleet.
	Administrative and government agencies and departments.	Rooms are valued, periodically put up for sale at the appropriate price.
AKR, WRC177	Official vehicles of the Ministry of Internal Affairs	These license plates came to replace part of the blue numbers of cars of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
	Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation	It is impossible to buy such numbers in the property, however, from time to time, series can be found on sale TFR numbers 199.
	Center for Special Communications, Courier Service, Ministry of Communications.	They are practically in the public domain, have a relatively budgetary cost and availability, and are not particularly popular and in demand.

Law on "flashing lights" and special numbers

Before the law was introduced that regulates the appearance on the capital's roads of cars with "interesting" license plates and flashing beacons, there were countless cars of this kind (and their drivers behaved in the most insolent way, allowing, for example, oncoming lane, crossing a double solid lane, grossly exceeding the speed limit, etc.).

Therefore, in Presidential Decree No. 635 of May 19, 2012, a list of institutions and organizations was approved that could be installed on departmental vehicles flashing beacons. The heads of the departments included in the list compiled a list of persons who could drive these cars. At the moment, the quota is 591 cars, but it is quite strongly exceeded.

Due to the officially announced list of numbers, "hinting" to belonging to any state structure or organizations, have become highly valued on the black market. For example, in order to find out how much an ECX number in Moscow costs, you need not only to have an approximate amount in stock, but also a number of connections that will “lead” to the seller. It is worth adding that this amount of money will not be small.

Advantages of cars with special plates and flashing beacons

Cars on which, as well as those that have license plates of the "privileged" series, have a number of advantages over other road users:

• Traffic police officers are required not to obstruct traffic this car, if it has a flashing beacon on, if necessary, ensure the safety of the movement of this vehicle and accompany it to its destination.
• The rest of the road users must pass this car.
• Cars with a flashing beacon can be ignored road markings and road signs.

Based on the above advantages, it becomes clear that certain license plates make it possible to install a flashing beacon on a car, which, in turn, can greatly simplify the life of a motorist in the metropolitan area.

How to get a "privileged" number?

The highest value is only that which is not in mass availability. This saying is the best suited to numbers that increase the prestige and status of the motorist, and also “endow” him with a number of advantages over other road users.

Firstly, in order to obtain such a number, it is necessary to have connections among high-ranking officials, it is these people who can provide information that any number from an “interesting” series has been transferred to the public.

Secondly, you need to have a fairly large amount of money: in the range from 1 to 5 million rubles. Yes, the price is not low, but a simple layman does not need to have a number that allows you to ignore the rules of the road.

Thirdly, the car must also match the number: it is unlikely that a high-ranking representative of the Russian FSB will move around the city in a VAZ-2107 or Daewoo Matiz.

FSO numbers: history and reality

Many motorists are wondering: who owns the ECX numbers? These license plates are used on FSO vehicles, or rather on vehicles intended for high-ranking officials of this department.

The designation itself came into use in the mid-1990s of the last century thanks to the initiative of the then head of the FSO, Yuri Krapivin. At the moment, a number of ECX numbers are in private hands, and some are still owned by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.

Thus, in order to find out who drives with ECX numbers, it’s enough just to delve a little into the history of the FSO department.

Interesting facts about car numbers

The topic of car license plates only at first glance seems boring and uninteresting. In fact, they have in their individual history a number of significant events that have contributed to their current appearance and purpose. Below are some of the most interesting facts regarding license plates:

• 1901 - the appearance of the first nominal license plate.
• 1904 - issue of the first license plate in Russia.
• 1933 - appearance standard rooms in USSR. It is worth noting that the numbers were issued to the owners of cars and motorcycles (the motorcycle number looked like a transverse plate mounted on the front fender), the numbers for tractors appeared only in 1958.
• In 1965, 25 numbers were issued in the USSR for the highest ranks of the Central Committee of the CPSU, and this was on condition that there were no official special numbers in the USSR.
• Previously, black numbers were used in the USSR, now the military has these. Number replacement began in 1980, with both white and black numbers being issued. Some old-style black numbers can still be seen on civilian cars.
• After the flight into space, Yuri Gagarin received as a gift a Volga with the number 12-04 and letter designation YuAG (12-04 - flight date, YuAG-initials of the cosmonaut). Later, the abbreviation YuAG became the letter designation for the vehicles of the cosmonauts and the city of Zvezdny, and the numbers on the numbers indicated the dates of the flights.
• The first license plates were made of heavy laminated steel, and they did not have standard mounting holes, so such numbers were easy enough to lose.

Deciphering car numbers

The table below will provide information on the decoding of car numbers that are used by government agencies and departments.

	Numbers of cars on the balance sheet of the presidential administration
	Police, as well as the Moscow State Duma.
	City Hall of Moscow.
AOO, MOO	Office of the President
	Banks and also the government.
KKH, HKH	Federal Security Service, Federal Security Service.
	Ministry of the Interior
	Government of the Russian Federation, Federal Security Service, banks.
	Ministry of Justice, Federal Service for Enforcement and Punishment
	Feldsvyaz

Results

So, summing up the above, it is worth saying that the ECX number belongs to the FSO department. At the same time, it is impossible not to mention that given number some individuals who were able to purchase it on the black market also have it.

In addition to the abbreviation EKH, there are many other “interesting” numbers in use, which indicate that the car belongs to one or another departmental state structure. Wherein " state numbers"have their own hierarchy: for example, a number that indicates belonging to the FSB is valued much more than a special communications or feldsvyaz number.

What do special license plates give? As a rule, they allow you to freely use flashing beacons on cars, and those, in turn, somewhat ignore the rules of the road. This helps a lot with traffic jams.

To buy a number with an "interesting" index, you need to have the appropriate connections, as well as a fairly large amount of money. Obviously, the car must also correspond to the status of the number.

So, after a presidential decree appeared in 2012, which listed government departments that could use flashing beacons on their cars, there were an order of magnitude fewer such cars in the capital and regions. But, in turn, given move became the catalyst for the real hunt for "thieves" numbers. Ordinary motorists can only slightly distinguish such numbers from ordinary ones and wonder if there is really a representative of this department in a car with FSB numbers, or if someone with connections decided to make life easier on the capital's road.

So what does the ECX number mean? It belongs to the FSO. The official transcript is the phrase: "The United Kremlin Economy", although the phrase has received the translation "I eat as I want" among the people.