The Russian presidential state car is the

official state car An official state car is a vehicle used by a government to transport its head of state or head of government in an official capacity, which may also be used occasionally to transport other members of the government or visiting dignitaries from ot ...

of the

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The current presidential state car is an

Aurus Senat The Aurus Senat (russian: Сенат) is a luxury full-size sedan by Russian automaker Aurus Motors and developed by NAMI in Moscow, Russia. The armoured limousine is powered by a 4.4 litre V8 engine developed by NAMI, with a 6.6 litre V12 (634 ...

limousine, which replaced a Mercedes-Benz S 600 Guard Pullman. The car is equipped with many life-saving, offensive, and defensive measures, and is built to the Federal Protective Service's standards. The

was developed in Russia by the NAMI as part of the "Kortezh" project. The Senat was publicly presented for the first time at the

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in 2018.

Previous generations

Under the

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, the

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was always driven in a Soviet-built ZIL-41052, escorted by Chaikas. Two ZIL limousines are still maintained in the

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garage, and are occasionally used in Day of Victory military parades. The first foreign limousine used by a Russian president was a W140 Mercedes-Benz S-Class purchased for

Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

. This was superseded by a

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, then by a

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. The limousines used by Presidents

Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

and Medvedev were stretched and armored by the Belgian firm Carat Duchatelet; for President Medvedev's inauguration a special Carat Duchatelet limousine with a raised roof was ordered. President

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's Mercedes was a Mercedes-Benz-produced S600 Pullman Guard.

Operation

Recent Russian presidential state cars have been bulletproof, had solid rubber tires, and carried an array of communications equipment. On state visits, the state car is airlifted to the destination by an

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transport aircraft. The presidential

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is usually escorted by

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or BMW motorcycles; and Mercedes G-Class, Mercedes E-Class, S-Class,

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, Volkswagen Caravelle, and/or

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support vehicles. National transport services for the Russian President are provided by the Special Purpose Garage (SPG).President's transports. Cars
The SPG is a unit within the Federal Protective Service. Zil-41047

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{{Commons category, Presidential vehicles of Russia
Unified modular platform // The Government of the Russian Federation assigned FSUE “NAMI” to develop a car for the state leaders

* Road transport of heads of state Presidency of Russia

Previous generations

Operation

See also

References

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