Driving in a pink car in Russia
 

Dear all,

This might be a totally ridiculous question, but I was wondering if we would attract additional unwanted attention from traffic police or others if driving a pink car.
The reason I am asking is that I found a low mileage Suzuki Vitara, which I plan to drive through Turkey, the caucasus, some of the -stans through to Vladivostok, but it is pink - which I think is totally fabulous :).

We're a male/female couple, but given Russia's firm stance against homosexuality, would this increase our chances of getting stopped/harassed by police or others - or am I being totally paranoid?

I have a host of other questions about this trip, but will hapilly use the search function first for those - just thought this question has not been asked before :)

Many thanks,
Sandor

If I remember correctly the Russian manuf Avtovaz, who have a huge market share in family vehicles make a Lada model in pink, and I recently watched a programme on travelling through Russia, where a Ford C max appeared in marshmallow pink. I think you'll have more problems getting a visa than driving a pink car.

I don't know about the Russian Police but the Style Police might want a word or two.:eek3::eek3::eek3:

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I saw this in Samarkand, in Uzbekistan...

I haven't been to Russia, but I met gays in some quite hardline countries, e.g Iran and Pakistan.. What you hear on the news is magnified, and out there in the real world, diversity is the spice of life...

I hope it's not a problem - I've got a pink bike I want to go to Russia on :rofl:

Thanks guys, very reassuring!