Duma Approves Increase in Fines for Ticket Dodgers

A tram with a warning for fare dodgers, known as “hares” in slang, reads, “Attention! Hares travel by foot!” The City Duma has authorized a tenfold increase of fines for ticket dodgers on Moscow buses, trolleybuses, trams and the metro, with the rules set to come into force at an unspecified date this month, RIA-Novosti reported. Fines for fare dodging will be hiked from the current 100 […]