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So, if I understand correctly, you already break the law of the "white line" if you ride along and turn into a gas station on the left side? (i.e. requiring a left turn over a white line, and back out again...?)
Correct. If there is a solid white line, you can NOT cross it. If there is a solid line in the middle of the highway next to a petrol station then only traffic on that same side of the road can use it. You might be able to go down the road 500 yards and see a gap in the white line, then you can do a U-Turn there and go back to the petrol station. If you are unlucky there may be no gap in the white line for 10 km. Thats the breaks
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Correct. If there is a solid white line, you can NOT cross it. If there is a solid line in the middle of the highway next to a petrol station then only traffic on that same side of the road can use it. You might be able to go down the road 500 yards and see a gap in the white line, then you can do a U-Turn there and go back to the petrol station. If you are unlucky there may be no gap in the white line for 10 km. Thats the breaks
Yes that was my case.

Funny thing though is that i should have drive roughly 20 meters to right and then do U turn over line and it would have been legal. I wonder what they have been thinking when they have made that rule.
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I wonder what they have been thinking when they have made that rule.
Many Russian rules are like that, but the traffic police (and border agents, etc.) are there to enforce the rules, not to make them.

And as to your point that this is "very much a Russian driving rule...", well yes, but then again you are in Russia...
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Many Russian rules are like that, but the traffic police (and border agents, etc.) are there to enforce the rules, not to make them.
Ofcourse and i dont blame them for doing their work but when it turns into illegal activity then i stop to co-operate and i advice everyone else to do it as it just encourages it and causes more troubles for other incoming drivers as they see western drivers as moving payday.

To get back to original topic my advice to all people going to Russia is
1. Follow rules and you will be fine
2. If you break rule and you are stopped by police dont panic
3. Never ever pay anything to police on the road. Its illegal and against the law. Money goes straight to policeman pocket. If you break traffic rule or any other rule they always need to give you ticket from your violation what you pay to bank.
4. You have one month time to pay the fine to bank as its only place where to pay it.
5. If policeman is keeping your paper and insist you to pay your fines on the road i would start to look my embassy/consulate number to my mobile.
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