Artush Khachatryan, a deputy from United Russia in the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai, Artush Khachatryan, tries to drive his Lexus SUV through a May Day demonstration.
Timid police officers block his way, saying, "Please stop the car, you're about to run over an officer," but he boldly keeps pushing them back with his luxury bumper.
The demonstrators watch this in astonishment, with comments like, "what a b...ard," and then walk on.
No one pulls Deputy Khachatryan out of the car, puts handcuffs on him, or arrests him (at least under Article 19.3, the same article under which Artyom Loskutov, organizer of the "Monstration" in Novosibirsk (a satirical public march), was jailed for 10 days). They simply hold back the deputy's car "until the children pass," and then let him go.
It's good to be a United Russia deputy. No laws apply to you at all.
Take a look:
Here's a wide shot.
And here is footage from one of the police officers, with all the police conversations and the deputy's colorful language:
It is reported that the deputy has some medical condition and urgently needed to take medicine. That's possible—for example, someone might urgently need insulin. An ordinary person would ask the police to call an ambulance or would walk to a pharmacy. But United Russia deputies have different ways of solving problems.
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the May 6 march. Several of its participants are in prison on charges such as "throwing an object resembling a lemon at police officers" and "pulling a police officer's uniform." Their only guilt is that they stood against the supposed right of United Russia deputies like this to drive Lexuses through May Day demonstrations.