Chairman of the Association of Carriers of Russia Andrei Bazhutin was arrested for 14 days

The magistrate of court district No. 160 in St. Petersburg arrested Andrei Bazhutin, chairman of the Association of Carriers of Russia (OPR), for 14 days on charges of driving a vehicle without a driver's license (Article 12.7 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The activist was detained at his own house in St. Petersburg when he was leaving for a rally. As it turned out, the court, in the absence of Andrey Bazhutin, considered the case of depriving him of his rights without proper notification.