Officials were going to accept the law about using QR-codes in Russian transport. All people had to show them to the conductor, otherwise they had to leave the bus.
From the very first day it arose great wave of anger among people. They suffer enough now having no chance to visit places which they were used to have in their life. QR-s are n't obligatory only in small food shops and pharmacies. Now it's still transport.
But in Tatarstat QRs in transport were accepted in the end of November, and they still work there.
It's the region, where COVID-norms are the most demanded to people. People really has to show their QRs in buses, but it lasted officially only for some days. After some agressive passengers who protected their rights and freedom with the help of strength and attack of police who demanded their QRs, these tests became much lighter.
Now conductors can ask:
"Do you have a QR? Yes? Ok",
but they don't demand to show it, and, of course, those who don't have them, use this "green light". So this rules exists formally, not in reality.
Moreover, people there appeared to be very creative. Russians always seek for the way out, at any price.
In Tatarstan it was AntiVaxxer TAXI that worked only for those who didn't have QRs and couldn't use social transport.
People took off their masks, put them on their big finger on the hand and showed this sign standing on the road. Drivers understood it and took these passengers. Moreover, people used Telegram channels and chats to call for such Taxi, and there were thousands of people there.
In the rest Russian regions, people were against these new rules, and officials stopped discussing and singing this law. At least for now.
Moreover, the President is against such rapid and serious restriction of people's rights, and other deputees, even if tey don't want it, have to follow his words.
One more rule that were stopped by people protests.
We all see they are in a hurry, and they do their best to enter QRs in all spheres of life, and they are so angry they have't succeed yet.
But still people don't give up and fight for their life and future.
Sources
https://lenta.ru/news/2021/12/01/mda/
https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2021/12/13/900388-zakonoproekt-snyali-srok
https://ria.ru/20211022/koronavirus-1755814559.html
Good to see examples of people holding on to their power. The QR codes aren’t used so much in the UK yet, but it may head in that direction, unless we reject it.
Don't give up, keep up the good fight. Then they will understand what it means to be vastly outnumbered.
It's normal for people to stand against a new development at first, QR is the future of transaction and payment Which will aid the movement of paperless and. Cashless environment. And also in the areas of Covid as used in transport in Russia.
I feel that the Russians are doing more to stand up to this stuff than the US. It is sad to see but they have strong memories of this type of stuff from the USSR.