Deciphering number plates: Russia

This number plate with the three-digit number 777 – like all the plates pictured in the article that use the three-digit number 799 – denotes the Moscow region. Selected Russian regions use more than one two-digit code, though not many of them enjoy this privilege (considering that there are 86 regions and 99 double-digit combinations), so the numbers 1 and 7 started to be added in front of the regional code.