A farmer from Arzamas said that he was fined for filming the inscription “I am Russian” made in a field.

Farmer from Arzamas Nikolai Shchelokov was fined for filming the inscription “I am Russian” left on the field. this He himself reported to the Regnum news agency.

Shchelokov was found guilty of illegally launching a drone, with which he filmed the video. Earlier, in October 2022, a ban on the use of drones was introduced in the region.

“I was fined about 40,000 rubles. I turned it off right away. Unfortunately, I was not aware of the ban on flying drones. By the way, the police also supported me. When I came to the department, everyone shook my hand. They said that it was great to watch such an action and that it brought glory to the area. But they said that they couldn’t do without a fine, because there was a resonance,” Shchelokov told Regnum journalists.

On May 23, a video appeared on social networks in which a farmer using equipment made the inscription “I am Russian” on a field. After this, the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Nizhny Novgorod region began an inspection, since the use of drones had previously been banned in the region, and the video showed that it was filmed using a drone. The video was accompanied by the composition “I am Russian” by musician SHAMAN.