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Russian Protesters Don Their Own 'Blue Lights'

   Anya Ardayeva | Moscow 19 May 2010
   Hundreds  of  Muscovites have been strapping blue buckets to the roofs
   of  their  cars  to  mock  the  flashing blue lights that allow senior
   bureaucrats  to  drive  into oncoming traffic and break the rules that
   everyone else has to obey

Photo: FSN

   Hundreds  of  Muscovites have been strapping blue buckets to the roofs
   of  their  cars  to  mock  the  flashing blue lights that allow senior
   bureaucrats  to  drive  into oncoming traffic and break the rules that
   everyone else has to obey

   Russian  lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it harder to
   organize  a  rally  using  vehicles  in Moscow. The news comes after a
   growing number of rallies against special privileges for official cars
   and  a  wave  of  public anger at officials, some of whom often ignore
   driving rules.

   In  recent  weeks,  hundreds  of  Muscovites  have been strapping blue
   buckets  to  the  roofs of their cars to mock the flashing blue lights
   that allow senior bureaucrats to drive into oncoming traffic and break
   the rules that everyone else has to obey.
   Sergei Kanayev is the head of the all-Russia Federation of car owners,
   and one of the leaders of the protests.

   "It  all  started  in  2000 in Kemerovo region, when my friend and his