Most of those who drove in Russia know that the quality of roads in this country is so terrible that it’s not even funny. But you, the reader, should review the following images — and next time you hear your cab driver speaking Russian — just sit back and relax: the driver knows what he is doing.

The images come from the website that has been set up yesterday by Russian human rights activist Alexey Navanly, where readers post images of roads in need of repair and the website automatically generates a complaint letter to the authorities in charge of road safety. If the authorities ignore the complaint, the site automatically generates another letter, this time to Prosecutor General, demanding investigation. Readers posted around 900 images in one day.

We’ll also briefly note that several days ago, PM Vladimir Putin announced that Russia will spend $285bn on roads over the next decade and that road construction is considered one of the most corrupt businesses in this country, with bribes accounting for 50% of the costs.

Irkutsk region. It's cold there

This is Moscow

This is Moscow region

This is also Moscow region

This is Veliky Novgorod, 2 hours, ahem, drive from the capital

And this is Smolensk

St. Petersbrug

More St. Petersburg

More St. Petersburg.

Tverskaya region