Analysts note that the demand for this category of training in mid-May compared with the beginning of April of this year increased most noticeably in Moscow - by 141%.

Also, residents of Ufa (131%), Perm (119%), Kazan (89%) and Rostov-on-Don (82%) became more interested in online learning in driving schools.

“The interest in learning rights is also related to the fact that by the 20th of April, more than half of driving schools in Russia launched online classes - video lessons, presentations with voice explanations and online testing of theoretical knowledge,” explained in 2GIS.

Experts also noted that the search for educational services in Russian cities during the period of self-isolation as a whole grew by 42%.

Earlier it became known that in Russia they became less likely to receive a driver’s license.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in 2019, 1.33 million people received a certificate for the right to drive vehicles in the country. Compared with the data for 2018, the number of those who received the rights decreased by almost 17 thousand.