Police in the Russian capital of Moscow...

The protesters said their action was a response to a recent initiative from Russian State Duma deputies to restrict protest rallies by motorists.

The protesters did not use any posters or slogans; however, police said the protest was not authorized. Police considered a blue bucket with an inscription "I am a flash light!" written on it as a poster.

The activists took to streets to the beat of drums, in wigs, with balloons and bubbles. One man was wearing on his head a blue plastic cup with a "VIP" inscription.

Russian media reported Friday The lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, was reviewing a bill to restrict protest rallies by motorists after a demonstration caused traffic chaos in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

The motorists, who gathered on April 24, were protesting against official cars using flashing lights to give them preferential passage. A column of cars drove through the streets with plastic buckets attached to their roofs. The

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