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Originally Posted by Livotlout
Managed to purchase Russian Green Card Insurance in Vladikavkaz.
Unable to find it at Kazbegi border or along route.
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I would be highly surprised if you bought Green Card Insurance.
To avoid confusion, a Green Card is insurance issued for use in one country extended to include use in another country(s).
What I suspect you probably bought was a standard Russian road insurance policy for cover only within Russia. This is the normal Russian minimum legal road insurance and is available for anyone (foreigner or citizen alike) to buy, for any vehicle (foreign or locally registered alike), for use anywhere in RUS (sometimes including Belarus).
Look for the word Страхование (Insurance) on sign boards or doors.
You are permitted to ride/drive without insurance from the border to nearby towns to purchase insurance.
Just as last week I rode a new, unregistered moto from the dealer to get it inspected and registered at a Police office. To obtain insurance you require a registration number so it would have been impossible (in Russia anyway) to have been insured at the time of the police inspection/registration!
Bribe seeking officials might try to tell you otherwise - and often do.
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