The driver of a Mercedes, who was stopped by participants in an opposition rally on Pokrovka , was issued a fine, Interfax reports , citing the Moscow police department. The penalty for driving into a designated lane for public transport is three thousand rubles. The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow did not say who owns the executive car.

The incident with the Mercedes occurred on October 27. Opposition activists carried out a “peaceful walk” from the FSB building to Lefortovo. The route also ran along Pokrovka Street. On it, activists noticed a Mercedes moving along the public transport lane. They surrounded him and asked the police to draw up a report, but they refused. Eventually a protocol was drawn up. A photo report from the scene is available on the blog of user d-schedrin.

According to the Blue Buckets, the number A596MR97, which was on the Mercedes, is assigned to the State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus Grigory Rapota . The official's press service stated that he had nothing to do with this car.

The march, which took place on October 27, was dedicated to activists who are being persecuted for political reasons. Throughout the entire route of the “peaceful walk,” as the organizers called it, oppositionists stood in single pickets with posters demanding the release of political prisoners. These activists included those involved in the “Bolotnaya case”, members of Pussy Riot and those accused in the case of preparing mass riots in Russia.

The Mercedes driver was punished for an incident during an opposition rally