The key facts
- The driver rammed the doors of the Novotel hotel in Moscow-City after security refused to let him in, knocked down a security guard and damaged a barrier while driving away.
- He was detained by traffic police less than an hour later; according to the Interior Ministry, the car was found on Nizhnyaya Maslovka Street.
- The detainee's name differs across reports: Baza calls him Magomed S., Mash — Magomed A.; he refused a medical examination.
Ramming the hotel and dancing at the damaged entrance
On November 9, 2026, in the Moscow-City business district, a driver in a white car rammed the glass doors of the Novotel hotel, then got out of the car and performed a lezginka dance near the damaged entrance. Footage of the incident filmed by witnesses was circulated by the Echo of Dagestan Telegram channel. According to preliminary information, the incident was preceded by a conflict: security refused to let the man inside, after which he got behind the wheel and drove the car toward the entrance. He did not manage to fully enter the building — Gazeta.Ru reported, citing witnesses,that the car only made it halfway through the revolving doors, while the driver kept trying to drive into the building.
Detention and Interior Ministry data
Irina Volk, official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, said in her Telegram channelthat the security of the hotel on Presnenskaya Embankment did not let the man in because he was behaving aggressively. He got behind the wheel, rammed the doors, knocked down a security guard, and damaged a barrier while driving away. Traffic police officers of the Northern Administrative Okrug found the car on Nizhnyaya Maslovka Street less than an hour after the incident; the driver was taken to a police station. According to Volk, the extent of the damage caused is being determined, an investigation is underway, and a procedural decision will be made based on its results.
Discrepancies and open questions
Publications differ on details about the detainee: the Baza Telegram channel, cited by Gazeta.Ru, called him 30-year-old Magomed S., while Mash, according to Life.ru, called him Magomed A. of the same age. According to Life.ru, the man refused to undergo a medical examination — neither a breathalyzer test nor providing samples — and information about his possible intoxication is based only on witness accounts. As of the time this material was prepared, no official data had been received about the injured, the amount of damage, or the driver's condition; the outcome of the investigation and the procedural decision remain unknown.
