A limited-edition Aston Martin and the favorite license plate of the Russian Presidential Administration’s Chief

VChK-OGPU and Rucriminal.info discovered why Anton Vaino, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration, always puts license plates with the number 057 on all his supercars and other expensive vehicles. He began his career in the Presidential Protocol Directorate, where his supervisor was Marina Entaltseva, who drove a company BMW with a flashing light with the license plate 057. Vaino was constantly promoted, and eventually, he was given the BMW with this license plate. It was his first personal state limousine, complete with a driver and flashing lights. Since then, Vaino has put license plates with the number 057 on all his cars, including a collection of supercars registered to his mother and stepfather, as well as proxies, including Rostec employees (Vaino is a member of the state corporation’s Supervisory Board), and parked in a secret Kremlin "stable." For example, Vaino now drives (always accompanied by the Federal Protective Service and the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate) an Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato (a limited edition of only 99 cars, priced from 100 million rubles), also with the license plate 057.

What’s striking about this story is that those in high places, "for the inside," specifically mark their "swallows" with their signature license plates. So that if their own people see another cool supercar with the license plate 057 and an escort, they’ll know it’s Vaino. "I bought a 100 million car and am cruising around in it. Do you like it?" Kremlin insiders and security officials happily congratulate him on the new car and rush off to buy something just as good. Where the money comes from, and why government officials indulge in such insane and ostentatious luxury, is no longer a question. They are a little concerned that ordinary people, constantly told to "tighten their belts," will find out whose Lamborghini or Aston Martin the Federal Protective Service and the traffic police have passed them by. It’s to prevent this that all these blockings, bans, restrictions, and so on are being introduced. You certainly won’t get this information from the "white list."

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