Post rush hour, some Moscow metro trains are taken out of service as the extra capacity is not needed. Obviously, these retiring trains need to be evacuated of passengers; and sometimes passengers do not evacuate willingly.
A case in point was a drunkard on my train who refused to (or could not) wake up and leave the train. He was removed by a very lightly-armed the metro police - probably as gently as possible.
In my experience of witnessing American police, had this passenger been riding the BART in the San Francisco Bay Area or the New York Metro, he would have likely been handcuffed and arrested for a similar infraction. In the case of this drunkard, the indignity of being dragged of the metro car and onto the metro station floor is probably punishment enough.
As a final note, the drunkard blew a kiss to the lady who first attempted to wake him up. Call it a happy ending.
happy ending should be smth different ;)
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