Moscow Oblast plans to make toll roads free for volunteer vehicles carrying humanitarian aid to the DNR, LNR, Crimea, Krasnodar Krai, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and other regions. The corresponding draft resolution was published by the government of Moscow Oblast.

The benefit will apply to transport owned by both individuals and organizations. The only exception is for road trains.

To qualify for free travel, a volunteer or organization will need to submit an application to the Moscow Oblast Ministry of Transport. It will be necessary to specify who owns the humanitarian cargo and how to contact that person, the weight of the shipment, who is transporting it, as well as detailed vehicle information: owner, make, registration data, and license plate number.

Separately, the application must specify the travel route – including the specific toll road – and how often it is planned to use it.

Meanwhile, Moscow Oblast already has a similar scheme for free travel on toll roads. It currently applies to school buses.

As specified by "Kommersant" in the Moscow Oblast Ministry of Transport, currently there is only one regional toll road operating in the region – the Mytishchi High-Speed Chord. Previously, it had the working name Vinogradovo-Boltino-Tarasovka.

But the list of such roads in the region may expand. Last week, Moscow Oblast authorities opened traffic on the South-Lytkarino Highway. The new 45 km long road was built over four years and runs 5–10 km from Moscow, effectively becoming the southeastern duplicate of the Moscow Ring Road.

The road was built under a concession agreement with a private investor, so by the end of the year, travel on it will become paid. As a result, the new benefit may become relevant for volunteer transport that will use this route.

It has been possible to transport humanitarian aid for free on "Avtodor" toll roads since 2024. The State Duma Committee on Youth Policy reported that since the program's launch, more than 365,000 such trips have been registered.