Drivers may legalize 250,000 illegally imported cars by the Feb. 25 deadline, predicts Sergey Verlanov, deputy finance minister. This would be more than the 200,000 new and used cars legally imported last year. So far 30,000 cars have been legalized, earning the state $71 million in duties for the Pension Fund. Partly because of the flood of illegal imports, new car sales were flat last year, at 81,800.
Drivers may legalize 250,000 illegally imported cars by the Feb. 25 deadline
