Road signs in Russia

The vast majority of road signs used in Russia were in the preceding Soviet standard ГОСТ 10807-78,[4][5] which was introduced in the Soviet Union on 1 January 1980 before its dissolution in 1991 and is no longer valid in Russia since 1 January 2006 after it was replaced by the modern standard ГОСТ Р 52290-2004 for road signs.

There were four road signs of that time and all of them were round: "uneven surface", "crossroads", "bends", and "railway crossing".

In 1933, the number of road signs in the USSR was increased to 23 and they received the current shapes and colours, and for the first time they were divided into three categories: "warning", "prohibition" and "indicative".

[6] New road signs were introduced in the ГОСТ Р 52290-2004 standard: In June 2018, in connection with the preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, a new prohibition road sign "No buses allowed" (Russian: Движение автобусов запрещено) was introduced.

[14] This is due to changes in the Rules of the Road in Russia that came into force on 1 March 2023, in particular, the speed limit for buses was introduced.

[15] In February 2019, the traffic police supported proposals for the introduction of reduced road signs, the idea was initiated by the Moscow government.

[16] On 1 March 2023, a new prohibition road sign "No personal mobility devices"[17] (Russian: Движение на средствах индивидуальной мобильности запрещено) was introduced.

This is due to the fact that the Baltic states were occupied and later annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940 during the World War II.