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Several days ago I went through the technical inspection. They even did not look at the car, just told me: “200 soms (4 Euro)”, and this is it.  Oh, and some more, they made me to circle around with papers. This is an absolute cynicism and obscurantism. Since April 7th I have been stopped five times by traffic cops. There was just one time for speeding, which happened under the overpass along the Sovetskay street right next to the Bokonbayeva Street, which is a well known ambush. The rest of cases were foolish things like “did not let pedestrians pass”. Following the traffic cops logics there is no way of making a turn on the intersection of Kievskay and Sovetskay.

The problem is not even there. I asked directly policemen and policewomen if they take bribes or I’d better proceed to a counter. Everyone(!!!) replied that I can pay straight away to them.  I told to all of them about Georgian experience and that right now there no one takes bribes anymore. Our traffic cops stared at me with such silly eyes so that I lost heart. The question is why do we need this revolution if everything is right where it was before? And this is not only about traffic cops and technical inspections.