Truckers held a protest of the presidential administration

Forest drivers are unhappy with the Plato system and the statement of Prime Minister Medvedev that protesting truckers are "gray carriers"

On Monday, a protest of truckers took place near the administration of the President of Russia in Moscow. She took place in the format of a meeting with deputies of the Communist Party. About 70 truck drivers gathered at the event, Radio Liberty correspondent reports .

Drivers opposed the Plato system, and also expressed dissatisfaction with the statement of the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who in an interview with Russian television channels said that gray carriers participate in the protest of the truckers, "which are incomprehensible." “Medvedev cynically lied. Either he does not understand these things, or does not want to understand, but it is not true that we do not pay taxes,” said one of the participants in the action.

On Sunday , the Office of the Plato Direct system in St. Petersburg brought mourning wreaths with the signature of the Rotenberg from the people.

The collection of heavy vehicles weighing more than 12 tons on federal highways has been valid since November 15, 2015. It is charged through the Plato payment system. These innovations caused dissatisfaction with truckers who responded protesting throughout Russia. Drivers are also outraged that a private company is engaged in the collection of money, whose co -owner is Igor Rotenberg, the son of a large entrepreneur from the neighboring circle of President Putin - Arkady Rotenberg.