The General Prosecutor's Office of Kazakhstan explained the massive checks of cars from Russia 
Tens of thousands of cars with Russian registration plates were under the threat of detention in Kazakhstan. The General Prosecutor's Office of the republic explained the massive checks by the need to establish the legality of the origin of the cars. The position of the supervisory authority is cited by Sputnik.
According to Deputy Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan Asset Chindaliev, there are many cars stolen from among the cars with license plates from Russia. Other numbers are hung on them, they are not put on registration in Kazakhstan and are used illegally.
Many Kazakhstani motorists have already suffered due to the checks that have begun. In many cities of the country there are gatherings of people whose cars are detained, and the organizers of such events are already being taken by the police.
“Don't touch our cars: either give us a yellow number (the number for temporary registration of a car from another country – approx. “Lenta.ru” ), or put our cars on the Kazakh register – we pay all taxes, we pay insurance “, – the drivers are outraged by what is happening.
In Kazakhstan, cars with Russian license plates – a common occurrence. Due to the peculiarities of national regulation and the high cost of registering a car in Kazakhstan, new and used cars in the country cost one and a half to two times more than in Russia. Citizens of Kazakhstan actively travel to neighboring Russian regions to buy a car there. These cars have Russian numbers for a long time.