Everywhere refusal to ride

In St. Petersburg, the police detained eight participants in the action of truckers. This was reported by journalist Maxim Yarygin.

Truckers were going to make a rally, protesting against the Plato system. About 50 cars were supposed to participate in it. The flags of the association of carriers of Russia were strengthened by cars. However, at the gas station on Moskovsky Prospekt, the column was stopped by traffic police officers.

The police put in their car one of the participants in the action of Igor Veresov. The protesters surrounded the police car. After the activist got out of the car, he was detained. The truckers clapped their hands and tried to protect Veresov. At this moment, the employees of the National Guard or OMON ran up to the protesters and began detention. The participants of the action chanted: "Shame!" Among the detainees are the chairman of the OPR Andrei Bazhutin and the coordinator of the St. Petersburg branch Sergey Vladimirov.

The detainees were taken to the police department of the city of Pushkin. Their comrades came to the police department. The detainees are charged with an “unauthorized automotive racket” and disobedience to the requirements of the police, the OVD-Info reports .

From April 15, the Decree signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedeus entered into force on raising the Platon Tariff to 1.90 ruble per kilometer traveled. Prior to this, it was planned that the tariff would double - from the current 1.53 to 3.06 rubles. However, on March 23, Medvedev proposed to extend the experimental period for Plato and increase the tariff only by a quarter . “I think we could not flatten this experimental part, but to stretch and extend the grace period that exists,” he said at a meeting with representatives of small and medium -sized businesses in the field of car transportation.

Since March 27, in dozens of regions of the country , a strike of carriers under the slogan "You can’t live like that!" Along with the abolition of the Plato system, protesters require the resignation of the government and the abolition of repressive laws.

On March 31, in Dagestan, the police did not allow the protesters to hold a car racket, blocking the exit to the Magas -Makhachkala highway. At least 1000 people intended to take part in the action. After the congresses on the highway were blocked, truckers tried to travel on the highway along field roads, but the security forces blocked them there. On the night of April 1, unknown people damaged four trucks protesters.

Last week, there were numerous detention of protests against Plato. So, on Wednesday, after the press conference of the truckers at the Novaya Gazeta media center in Moscow, the security officials detained the organizer of the association of Dagestan Rustam Mallamagomedov. Two in the civilian criminal investigation department and took away the detained person in tinted Lada Largus without license plates.