The “regime of anti-terrorist operations”, which was introduced in Moscow and neighboring regions on Saturday after the uprising of the Wagner paramilitary group, was lifted this Monday, the mayor of the Russian capital announced.
“We are lifting all restrictions on the implementation of the regime for anti-terrorist operations,” Sergei Sobyanin declared on the Telegram platform, thanking residents for their “calmness and understanding.”
The decision was made due to the “absence of threats to life, health and property” of the people, Russia’s anti-terrorism commission said in a statement quoted by Russian news agencies.
“The situation in the Moscow region is currently stable,” he said.
On Saturday, the head of the Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, suspended movements of the uprising in Russia against the military command less than 24 hours after it occupied Rostov, in the south of the country, a key city for the war in Ukraine.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin described the group’s action as an insurrection, saying it represented a “mortal threat” to the Russian state and treachery, guaranteeing there would be no “civil war”.
At the end of the day on Saturday, which reported the advance of Wagner troops to about 200 kilometers from Moscow, Prigozhin announced that he had negotiated an agreement with the president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
Earlier, the head of the paramilitary group accused the Russian army of attacking the mercenary camps, causing “a very large number of casualties”, accusations that expose deep tensions within Moscow’s troops over the offensive in Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry has denied these allegations.
Source: DN
