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MOSCOW: A “counter-terrorist operations regime” was still in effect in Moscow on Sunday, a day after rebel Wagner mercenaries threatened to storm the Russian capital, in a tragic security crisis for President Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin announced on Saturday the head of Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin Who led the rebellion will be sent to Belarus after mediation by Minsk leader Alexander Lukashenko.
Prigozhin’s whereabouts were not known on Sunday, but Moscow said charges of “armed rebellion” against him would be dropped and his fighters would not be prosecuted.
Prigozhin, who was updating the public on the Wagner rebellion via voice messages on Telegram on Saturday, had not yet announced when he would leave his country for Kremlin-aligned Belarus.
Counter-terrorism order was introduced in Moscow on Saturday as Prigozhin’s forces appeared to be advancing towards the capital, with authorities asking residents to restrict travel.
Moscow authorities also said a holiday introduced to limit movement around the city on Monday would remain in place for security reasons.
Russian state media reported that traffic had resumed as normal in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, which Wagner fighters left late on Saturday after taking over the army headquarters there.
It showed footage of workers clearing the streets in front of the military headquarters and outside the gates of the local circus, where a tank had been stuck the day before.
Authorities in the Kaluga region, south of Moscow, said on Saturday they had begun to lift road restrictions to stop the Wagner rebellion.
And in the southern city of Voronezh, where the military said it was leading “fighting” the day before, emergency services put out a huge fire at an oil depot that had been burned during the revolt.
The authorities did not explain the cause of the fire, as pictures on social media showed a large black cloud of smoke. Some Russian media reported that there was a helicopter nearby before an explosion occurred in the area.
The Kremlin announced on Saturday the head of Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin Who led the rebellion will be sent to Belarus after mediation by Minsk leader Alexander Lukashenko.
Prigozhin’s whereabouts were not known on Sunday, but Moscow said charges of “armed rebellion” against him would be dropped and his fighters would not be prosecuted.
Prigozhin, who was updating the public on the Wagner rebellion via voice messages on Telegram on Saturday, had not yet announced when he would leave his country for Kremlin-aligned Belarus.
Counter-terrorism order was introduced in Moscow on Saturday as Prigozhin’s forces appeared to be advancing towards the capital, with authorities asking residents to restrict travel.
Moscow authorities also said a holiday introduced to limit movement around the city on Monday would remain in place for security reasons.
Russian state media reported that traffic had resumed as normal in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, which Wagner fighters left late on Saturday after taking over the army headquarters there.
It showed footage of workers clearing the streets in front of the military headquarters and outside the gates of the local circus, where a tank had been stuck the day before.
Authorities in the Kaluga region, south of Moscow, said on Saturday they had begun to lift road restrictions to stop the Wagner rebellion.
And in the southern city of Voronezh, where the military said it was leading “fighting” the day before, emergency services put out a huge fire at an oil depot that had been burned during the revolt.
The authorities did not explain the cause of the fire, as pictures on social media showed a large black cloud of smoke. Some Russian media reported that there was a helicopter nearby before an explosion occurred in the area.
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