Alina Zagitova rode around Moscow at the “red light”

The titled Russian figure skater, Olympic champion Alina Zagitova provoked a scandal by inadvertently posting a controversial video on the social network. She shared with subscribers footage of evening driving around Moscow by car, while the moment of a possible traffic violation was recorded.

The video was filmed from the driver’s seat: the car drives past the Government House, on the opposite bank of the Moskva River, the former hotel “Ukraine” is visible. At the same time, attentive users paid attention not so much to the picturesque sky in sunset colors, but to the fact that the car was passing a pedestrian crossing at a “red light”. The video captured a car crossing a zebra while the green light was on for pedestrians. While the car with the author of the video was passing the crossing, on the opposite side of the road, other drivers patiently waited for the traffic light to go off.

Fortunately, there were no people at the crossing at that moment, although there were pedestrians on the sidewalk. Some of Zagitova’s subscribers suggested that the author of the video, who is also the driver, got too carried away shooting and did not notice the traffic light. However, respectable users considered this incident a gross violation of traffic rules, which could lead to irreparable consequences.

In fairness, it should be noted that it is impossible to say from the video whether Zagitova herself was driving and whether she is the author of the video – theoretically, the athlete could be a passenger in that car and simply post other people’s footage, sharing emotions from the trip. The figure skater has not yet commented on the road scandal.