http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19989538
Finally accepting that his heavily guarded caravans are a royal traffic pain in Moscow's already congested center...President Putin has promised to spend more time working at home...and not at the Kremlin.
PM Medvedev also has even begun to helicopter to work...to avoid tying up traffic for an hour or more.
Frustrated motorists in St. Petersburg and Moscow have begun to salute the daily police caravans with long and boisterous horn honking...and rude gestures...to communicate their displeasure.
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