Yeah, but its hard to complain too much about being fined for speeding or other actual infractions--I mean, that's what the cops are there for. Sure, the cops are probably pocketing the money instead of paying to the treasury, but I only really get pissed off if they hit me up for a really inflated fine or a "fine" based on some fictitious infraction (which happened to me in Ukraine). People need to bear in mind that Russia has a lot of kind of bizarre traffic rules and they'll try to fine you if you break them, even if you don't understand what you did.