Minsk smokers already fined nearly $3,000


More than 1,600 people have been fined for smoking in undesignated places this year. Every fourth of them is a minor.

The statistics was published by the agency Minsk-Naviny with reference to the senior inspector of Minsk City Executive Committee Syarhei Papkou.

The total amount of fines exceeded 41 million rubles ($2,821) – an average of 25.6 thousand rubles for each offender.

This year, more than 1,600 people have been fined in Minsk fines for smoking. Every fourth smoker fined is a minor. In comparison, 2,823 people were fined last year.

Smoking in public places is prohibited under the President’s Decree 28. According to the article 17.9 of the Administrative Code, the fine is from 0.2 to 4 base units – from 36 to 720 thousand rubles.

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