Security measures have been strengthened in Moscow and the Moscow region

Antiterrorist measures are being taken in Moscow, control on the roads has been strengthened, informed in his Telegram channel, the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin. Similar measures are being taken in the Moscow region, informed Governor Andrei Vorobyov.

“In connection with the incoming information, anti-terrorist measures are being taken in Moscow aimed at strengthening security measures. Additional control on the roads has been introduced. It is possible to limit the holding of public events. I ask you to treat the measures taken with understanding, ”Sobyanin wrote.

Vorobyov warned that there may be additional checks on roads in a southerly direction, and therefore asked to refrain from traveling by car in this direction, “primarily outside the region.” “Please remain calm,” the governor added.

On the evening of June 23, the Ministry of Defense stated that reports that the Russian Armed Forces allegedly attacked Wagner PMC fighters were not true. “All the messages and video footage distributed on social networks on behalf of Yevgeny Prigozhin about the alleged “strike by the RF Ministry of Defense on the rear camps of Wagner PMCs are untrue and are an informational provocation,” the defense department stressed.

The Prosecutor General’s Office reported that the investigative department of the FSB of Russia opened a criminal case on the organization of an armed rebellion against Prigozhin. Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that Vladimir Putin was informed about what was happening.