Overview
- Despite a presidential directive to start OSAGO verification by road cameras on November 1, 2025, the system has not launched in practice.
- The National Insurance Information System informed the traffic police in late October that it was technically ready to support camera-based checks.
- VSS head Evgeny Ufimtsev proposed sending informational “letters of happiness” to drivers flagged without OSAGO, initially as a test without fines.
- He also suggested using the Gosuslugi portal to deliver these warnings to encourage policy purchases ahead of penalties.
- Rising complaints to the president’s hotline cite crashes caused by drunk, uninsured drivers, while a Duma bill to cap camera-issued fines at one per day has only passed its first reading.