Nashi's Nicer Brother. Pro-Kremlin Group Takes On Traffic Violators

"MOSCOW -- It may not be the most appealing kind of activism. But it certainly makes for interesting, and often viral, YouTube footage.

During Friday rush-hour, Artyom Leonov, 20, and a group of activists, travel to a heaving, traffic-clogged highway in northern Moscow where they lie in wait for hours with video cameras. Their quarry: cars illegally driving on the hard-shoulder.

When one comes, the activists physically block the car, and firmly call upon the driver to reverse back onto the highway as the cameras roll -- an irritating humiliation for the motorist that every now and again elicits a spectacular hail of abuse and physical threats, all captured in high-definition color."  --Tom Balmforth

Read more at: Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Add new comment

To prevent automated s-p-a-m submissions leave this field empty.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
4 + 0 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.