The State Duma refused to introduce a complete ban on electric scooters in the Russian Federation

A complete ban on the use of electric scooters will not be introduced at the federal level, the decision on the ban can be made by the regions. This was announced on July 17 by Pavel Fedyaev, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Transport and Transport Infrastructure Development.

"At the federal level, we do not plan to ban scooters by federal law. We believe that this is the prerogative of the regions, the situation in each region is different," he said in an interview with TASS.

Fedyaev clarified that now the powers of the subjects of the Russian Federation allow them to impose restrictions or bans on the use of personal mobility equipment (SIM), to identify slow zones.

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On July 14, Blagoveshchensk Mayor Oleg Imameev announced the introduction of a complete ban on the rental and use of electric scooters and other means of individual mobility (SIM). He clarified that the decision was made due to numerous violations of security rules by SIM users.