Overview
- The comments came at a meeting of the Presidential Human Rights Council after member Marina Akhmedova raised problems with personal mobility devices on sidewalks.
- Putin said couriers who flout traffic rules endanger citizens, citing scooters and bikes moving at 30–40 km/h and describing the devices as relatively heavy metal items.
- He said he will issue additional instructions to the Interior Ministry and asked mayors and regional leaders to submit proposals on regulating couriers’ movement.
- No specific measures or deadlines were announced, indicating the start of a policy drafting process rather than immediate rule changes.
- Putin added that he has observed delivery traffic firsthand when driving through Moscow without a motorcade, which he said causes concern.