The mayor of the Ural city of Sos'ka Makarov was fined for the lack of a mask city Duma. As the mayor himself noted, he decided to drink water, and at that moment he was photographed, writes the Globus edition.
“I decided to drink some water, at that time someone took a picture of me. Who exactly is unknown to me, I haven’t even seen this photo, ”Makarov stressed.
According to him, the photo was later transferred to law enforcement agencies. He noted that he then put the mask back on, but the court did not take his arguments into account.
Earlier in St. Petersburg, a pensioner beat a police officer who stopped a minibus to check the mask regime in public transport. In addition, at the entrance to the police station, she insulted him with “gross obscene language”. Investigators opened a criminal case against a woman suspected of committing crimes.