The authorities of Yoshkar-Ola notified the organizers of the rally of truckers and taxi drivers about the refusal to approve the action 30 minutes before it began. This is written by the online magazine "7 × 7".
As Sergei Ryabchikov, a member of the Association of Russian Carriers in Mari El, told the publication, a dozen and a half cars with a crossed-out road sign and the inscription “Platon” on the rear window gathered at the collection point. The police and traffic police were waiting for them.
Why the rally was banned remains an open question. We considered the issue agreed, since the last notification was sent to the city administration on the morning of April 28, three days before the action. Today they were already going to leave, but the police arrived and said that the event was uncoordinated. Showed a document from the mayor's office,
Ryabchikov said. Half an hour after the arrival of the police, most of the participants in the banned motor rally left.