Hundreds of Russian truck drivers head to Moscow for protest
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Hundreds of the Russian truck drivers who have been protesting around the country were driving their rigs toward Moscow on Sunday to demand that the government cancel a new road tax, one protest leader said.
Ilya Lvov, who heads the St. Petersburg branch of the opposition party Democratic Choice, said the road tax would increase transportation costs by 15 to 20 percent, which would put further pressure on Russia's already high inflation rate.