Russian police arrest hundreds for showing off expensive supercars

Russian police arrested dozens of wealthy citizens for showing off their expensive supercars on the streets of the capital Moscow.

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Alexander Donskoy, former mayor of Archangelsk, was among the people taken into custody for taking part in the ‘Rich and Successful’ rally in the city.

A 28-year-old cryptocurrency millionaire Alexei Khitrov had organized the event. He had said, “the goal of this event is to gather all elite car owners and create an atmosphere for networking.”

A foreign news agency said that arrests were made following the death of their soldiers in the Ukraine war.

A video of police taking the wealthy citizens into custody.

Stupid members of a Moscow luxury car club forgot they live in a dictatorship and organized a little get together in center of Moscow.

Owners of Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Maserati, were all brutally arrested for “unauthorized meeting”. pic.twitter.com/Ywri2P4Cvd

— Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) August 28, 2022

Russia’s state news agency TASS reported that 170 supercars – with Lamborghinis, Rolls-Royce Phantoms, Ferraris, Porsches, Hummer H1s, Chevrolet Corvette C8s, Audi RS5s, and Bentley Continental GT IIs – were paraded in the capital’s streets.

Police nabbed 107 people and took and impounded scores of cars.

Seven people were ordered to spend 15 days in a detention centre for taking part in a “mass gathering of citizens in a public place.”

Senator Mikhail Dzhabarovn demanded the arrested person should be sent to serve duty in the country’s war against Ukraine.