Lhe taxi had aggressively blocked the transport vehicle with driver (VTC) reserved by Eduard Zernin, the president of the Union of Russian Grain Producers and Exporters (Rusgrain Union), and his wife, via the Yango application. Other taxi drivers quickly joined in the confrontation.
The incident occurred near the Marriott hotel where Zernin and his wife were staying for a series of business meetings in Casablanca.
The Casablanca Court of Appeal reacted promptly by ordering the incarceration of the main driver in Ain Sebaâ prison, while three other drivers involved were placed under judicial supervision, according to information fromAlyaoum24.
Although the incident was serious enough to require a trip to the emergency room for the Zernin couple, a Russian diplomatic source informed Media24 that the affair had not caused a diplomatic crisis. The victims, recovered from their emotions, continued their stay in Morocco, and considered the incident resolved.
