Mikhalkov Deprived of Road Privileges

Oscar-winning film director Nikita Mikhalkov will have to navigate Moscow’s notorious traffic jams as a regular motorist now that he has lost his much-lambasted road privileges provided by the Defense Ministry. Mikhalkov was handed a flashing blue light that entitles cars to ignore traffic rules as a member of the Defense Ministry’s public council. The use of the device is supposed to be limited to civil […]