Graduations in Moscow postponed for a week – Kommersant

Holding graduations in Moscow schools, as well as a citywide graduation in the Park. Gorky was postponed for a week, the department of education and science in the capital reported. The event is expected to take place next Saturday, July 1st.

“In connection with the introduced regime of the counter-terrorist operation (CTO), the graduation parties at schools and the citywide graduation ceremony in Gorky Park are postponed for a week,” the department told Interfax.

On the territory of Moscow, as well as in the Voronezh and Moscow regions introduced CTO regime today, June 24th. IN capital And Voronezh The region also canceled all public events.

Restrictions in the regions began to be introduced after the founder of a private military company (PMC), Yevgeny Prigozhin, accused the Ministry of Defense of hitting his company’s positions the day before and said that 25,000 people were going to “deal with it.” He declaredthat by the morning PMC “Wagner” took control of all military facilities in Rostov-on-Don. President Vladimir Putin during a video address to the Russians called the situation in the city challenging, but promised to take action. FSB excited criminal case against Mr. Prigogine on incitement to armed rebellion.

Laura Keffer