Russia

Tatarstan (a constituent republic of the Russian Federation) license plate.
Style first issued in the mid-90's

Current (January 2012) Russian license plate issued in Checheniya for cars and commercial vehicles
Current (January 2012) Russian license plate issued in Sakhalin for cars and commercial vehicles

Images from John O. Perez of Bossier City, Louisiana

June 2010 issued Russian license plate from St. Petersburg for cars, commercial vehicles
Current (October 2011) Russian license plate issued in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) for cars, commercial vehicles

Current (October 2011) cars and commercial vehicles are 1 letter, 3 num, 2 letter serials

Current (October 2011) Russian license plate issued in St. Petersburg for cars, commercial vehicles
Current (October 2011) Russian license plate for a private bus issued in St. Petersburg

Current Russian diplomatic plate issued in St. Petersburg to Tanzanian embassy staff

Current (October 2011) police vehicles are white on blue
Current (October 2011) military vehicles are white on black

Images from Peter Cohen of Pleasanton, California

Current (August 2011) Russian license plate issued in Kaliningrad

Image sent by Andrew Osborne of Winnipeg, Manitoba

Current (July 2011) Russian military vehicle plates
The 15 at the right indicates it was used for Internal Command, MIA

Current (December 2010) Russia - Khanty-Mansiya issued plate

Image sent by John O. Perez, Bossier City, Louisiana

These Soviet era military plates was discovered in Florida recently by Don Jacobovitz of Riviera Beach, Florida. They come froma group that tracked Soviet military mission vehicles in Western Europe before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Mr. Jacobovitz writes a newsletter for Rotarians that collect license plates. It is $15.00 a year and includes a commemorative license plate from the annual Rotary International Convention.