SocietyRussian woman fined for joining group appeal over gasoline shortage
A Volgograd court fined local resident Tatyana Smetanko 10,000 rubles for participating in what authorities classified as a mass public event. Smetanko and four others had recorded an appeal near a gas station to Investigative Committee head Alexander Bastrykin, citing gasoline shortages and an unfair distribution of fuel. Authorities detained all participants; lawyer Alexey Sevastyanov received five days in jail for allegedly resisting police.
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Russian woman fined for joining group appeal over gasoline shortage