A participant in a truckers' rally in Tula was accused of uncoordinated picketing in a car

In Tula, on November 11, a participant in an all-Russian protest action of truck drivers, timed to coincide with the anniversary of the protests against the Platon system, was detained.

The detainee named Alexander (he chose not to give his last name) was stopped by the police when he was in a car with the flags of the Trade Union of Professional Drivers (MPVP), as well as a sticker “No to Platon”, fixed.

Immediately after that, in a police car, a protocol was drawn up against him on violation of the procedure for holding a public event (under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) - he allegedly participated in the action, which should have been agreed due to the amendments adopted in February 2016 on motor rallies and the use of collapsible structures . Whether the moving car with the flags of the IHP is a demonstration in the form of a rally or a collapsible structure, the police did not explain.

After the protocol was drawn up, Alexander was released from the police car, but was forced to go to the police station to get a copy of the document.

According to eyewitnesses, the protesters also faced other problems, including attention from the police and the regional division of the Center "E". It also became known that one of the heavy trucks participating in the action was stopped by traffic police, and its driver was fined.

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As it became known, Alexander was detained when he briefly separated from other participants in his car. People in civilian clothes approached him and, without explaining the reasons for the detention, took him to a police car.

There, a protocol was drawn up against him under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses: the police considered that the car was a prefabricated collapsible structure, and therefore, according to the new version of the law on rallies, a single picket using a car requires prior approval.

A date for the hearing of the case has not yet been set.