2023-06-24 04:15:51
“Additional control has been introduced on the roads. It is possible to limit the celebration of mass events. Please be sensitive to the measures that are being taken,” the message read.
The governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobiov, also specified that security measures were strengthened and said that the situation is being monitored by law enforcement and the Federal Security Service.
Hours before the announcement, a Sputnik correspondent toured Moscow to verify that there is no presence of the military or armored vehicles in the streets and squares. The flow of people is little because in Russia it is a day of rest.
No extraordinary situations were reported at points such as the route from the Russian State Library, in Okhotny Ryad, near the State Duma building, or in Bolshaya Dmitrovka, near the Federation Council building. Calm was also detected on Lubyanka Square, on Ilyinka Street and, finally, in the vicinity of the Red Square.
For his part, the governor of the Rostov region (south), Vasily Gólubev, said that the decision has been made to cancel all mass events scheduled for the weekend in Rostov-on-Don. He also indicated that there are temporary traffic restrictions on the routes to and from Taganrog to the north from that region.
Hours earlier, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) initiated a criminal case once morest Evgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Groupby organizing an armed riota crime that might be punished between 12 and 20 years in prison, according to the country’s Attorney General’s Office.
The Kiev regime take advantage of Prigozhin’s provocation to bring together several brigades in the Artiomovsk (also called Bakhmut) tactical zone for their offensive. However, the units of the Southern Group of Forces repel enemy air and artillery attacks, indicated the Russian Ministry of Defense. Said Ministry has also indicated that the versions circulating on social networks regarding alleged attacks on the camps of the rear of the Grupo Wagner They do not correspond to reality. The Russian President, Vladimir Putinreceives accurate and constant information on the situation from the Defense Ministry, the Federal Security Service (FSB), the Interior Ministry and the Russian National Guard (Rosgvardia), according to a Kremlin statement.
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