In Russia, they began to persecute amateur photographers who take photos of trains. Recently, the directors of one of the largest archives of train photography in the post-Soviet space were arrested in Moscow. They are accused of illegally accessing critical information infrastructure. After the arrests, other websites with photographs of trains stopped being opened. A railway researcher from Rostov-on-Don told "It's so" that photographing trains has become more difficult in recent years. According to him, reports were spread in the community according to which locomotive crews are required to report sightings by photographers. "Spotters don't break any law, but we're already used to them looking at us askance or saying something, and we don't notice. In most cases, that's what older people say," he says. Read more on the website or here without VPN.

In Russia, they began to persecute amateur photographers who take photos of trains. Recently, the directors of one of the largest archives of train photography in the post-Soviet space were arrested in Moscow. They are accused of illegally accessing critical information infrastructure. After the arrests, other websites with photographs of trains stopped being opened. A railway researcher from Rostov-on-Don told "It's so" that photographing trains has become more difficult in recent years. According to him, reports were spread in the community according to which locomotive crews are required to report sightings by photographers. "Spotters don't break any law, but we're already used to them looking at us askance or saying something, and we don't notice. In most cases, that's what older people say," he says. Read more on the website or here without VPN.