In Bashkiria, a conductor kicked out a pregnant Russian woman from the bus because of a broken terminal The woman told about the incident on the website of the Electronic Reception Office of the authorities of the republic.
“I am in the ninth month of pregnancy, although this did not stop the conductor. When I got on the bus, I heard her screaming loudly at the man. Then I got it when I tried to buy a ticket with a card, through the phone. Something happened to her terminal, “the Russian woman said.
She added that the conductor accused her of problems with the payment terminal, and then kicked her out of the bus, denying free travel due to a breakdown equipment.
According to the woman, she waited for the next bus, where she was able to pay for the ticket. “The situation was as uncomfortable for me as possible,” she concluded.
Earlier in Kazan, the conductor dropped a disabled boy from the bus for 27 rubles. According to the child's father, the woman kicked and cursed his 12-year-old son. The boy had to walk to school.
In Russia, on March 7, a law came into force prohibiting the disembarkation of free-riders from public transport. The law applies to children under the age of 16. The same law gave the controllers the right to demand documents from free riders