Now, residents of the Lugansk People’s Republic can register their vehicles and get a driver’s license at the Interregional Registration-Examination Department (IRED) of the State Inspection for Road Traffic Safety of the LPR Ministry of Internal Affairs. Its grand opening was on Saturday 11 April. The LPR Chairman of the Council of Ministers Gennadiy Tsypkalov announced that from now on, the LPR would issue a driver’s license under its own auspices, saying, “Documents will be issued by us; however, in agreement with the Russian Federation, they’d be valid in their territory, too”.
The LPR Minister of Internal Affairs Igor Kornet stated that the Republic now issues driver’s licenses and vehicle documents for citizens, saying, “Our focus is on people who’ve lost their documents or who have damaged ones. However, at the same time, new car registrations and new motorists who’ve graduated from driving school would also receive these documents”.
He added that several IRED offices would cover the LPR, for the convenience of citizens, so that they’d have a nearby office when they need such documents.
The LPR Minister of Infrastructure, Transport, and Communications Nikolay Chumachenko noted, “We’re very concerned about these issues, because when you change suburban, intercity, or city routes there’s a need to re-register the vehicle. However, the rules of the road haven’t changed”.
In turn, Andrey Cherkasov, the IRED chief, spoke on how one obtains a new driver’s licence, “In case one loses a driver’s licence, a person comes to our office with documents confirming that they’d earlier held a Ukrainian licence. If they can’t provide such documentation, we’d check it in our electronic database. Nevertheless, we must confirm the existence of a previously issued driver’s licence when one applies for a new document. Also, there’s a fee of 102 hryvnia (approx. 4,52 USD; 4,27 EUR). The procedure takes about 35-40 minutes. LPR residents can get a new driver’s licence with a certificate of graduation from a driving school. In this case, a person should submit an application, pass a written test in our classroom, then, they could get a driver’s licence. If it’s the first examination, the fee is 102 hryvnia. For each subsequent retest, there’s a fee of 70 hryvnia (approx. 3,10 USD; 2,93 EUR).
Translated by Kristina Golberg
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