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Blue Buckets Vs Migalki in Russian Protests

Russian lawmakers undertake measures to restrict protest rallies by Russian drivers following a series of Blue Bucket auto flash mobs. The Blue Bucket movement is opposing the traffic privileges of numerous Russian officials whose cars are equipped with flashing blue lights known as migalki. Cars with migalki can ignore speed limits and traffic rules without fear of Russian police stopping them, and they are often becoming a cause of serious accidents.

Russian drivers lately turn a visible political force in their country, staging protests over high gas prices, import tariffs on vehicles, and traffic police corruption. Fed up with Russian officials’ privilege to get to their destinations faster than ordinary Russian people, drivers has begun to fight back.

In recent weeks the Blue Buckets have arranged several “marches” in Moscow and St. Petersburg, with drivers attaching toy blue buckets to the roofs of their vehicles mocking the officials’ migalki. A column of cars drove through the streets of these cities with blue buckets in place of flashing blue lights. (Photo Credit: centralasian/Flickr)

After the Russian cops made their best to quit drivers’ auto flash mobs the Blue Buckets went to Moscow streets wearing blue buckets on their heads. They beat drums and carried balloons as they marched near the Russian government headquarters. Ten of them were arrested by the Russian police, which was claiming that the protest hasn’t been authorized. According to Russian cops, one of the blue buckets with “I am a flash light!” inscription on it could be considered as a poster, or a slogan.

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