ArmInfoStarting October 1, 2025, an electronic system for booking border crossing dates and times (GIS EPD) will be introduced at automobile border crossing points across the Russian Federation state border, including the Upper Lars border crossing point.
According to the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia, the electronic platform allows freight carriers to pre-book their arrival date and time at the Upper Lars border crossing point to cross the Russian Federation border.
To register, you must: register on the electronic platform, confirm your email address and phone number, receive confirmation after data verification, create a vehicle card, attach a copy of the registration document, and receive confirmation after data verification. Registration is available at: esia.epd-portal.ru.
The Russian government previously announced that, in accordance with a Russian government decree, a time reservation system (electronic queue) will be deployed at the Verkhniy Lars automobile checkpoint (on the Russian-Georgian border) starting October 1, 2025. This will streamline traffic flows and speed up border crossing times.
As a reminder, the Georgian Military Highway is currently the only land road connecting Georgia and Armenia with Russia. The reconstruction of the customs checkpoint lanes was completed by June 15 of this year. As a result, 15 new lanes were commissioned, bringing the total number of lanes at the checkpoint to 39: 12 for trucks (6 entries and 6 exits), 24 for passenger cars (12 entries and 12 exits), 2 for passenger buses, and 1 for oversized cargo. According to the State Revenue Committee of Armenia, after the opening of the new lines, the throughput capacity of the checkpoint increased by 30%, with an average of approximately 1,300 trucks being processed daily, which led to the elimination of queues on both sides of the checkpoint.
