The Kremlin thus ends the anti-terrorist regime imposed after the uprising of the paramilitary group led by oligarch Yevgeni Prigozhin.
Russian authorities on Monday announced the withdrawal of the anti-terrorist operations regime in the capital Moscow and the region of the same name after the end of the crisis that erupted on Saturday with the uprising of the Wagner Group, led by the oligarch Yevgeni Prigozhin, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said. , former KGB) of Russia in a statement.
“The Head of the Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia for the City of Moscow and the Moscow Region has decided to cancel the legal regime of anti-terrorist operations on the territory of Moscow and the Moscow Region from June 26, 2023.” indicates the note published by the agency.
Likewise, it has stressed that the decision was passed “in the absence of threats to the life, health, property and other legally protected interests of the population, as reported by the Russian newspaper Izvestia.
The measure was imposed on Saturday before the riot led by Prigozhin, after which Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobianin announced that Monday would be considered a holiday and asked the population to avoid movements as much as possible due to the “difficult” situation. .
Hours after the start of the uprising and before the advance of the units of the Wagner group on Moscow, the Kremlin announced an agreement under which Prigozhin will go to Belarus, as well as the withdrawal of treason charges against him and guarantees not to indict Prigozhin, members of the group of mercenaries for their actions.
Similarly, the Russian presidency also highlighted the mediation of the Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, and emphasized that he and Prigozhin have known each other for about 20 years.
Prigozhin, for his part, ordered the members of the group to abandon the positions they had held during their advance, including their withdrawal from the center of the city of Rostov-on-Don, in order to ease tensions arising from their fight against in charge. of the Ministry of Defense and the Russian army in the context of the invasion of Ukraine, unleashed in February 2022 on the orders of Putin.
Source: EITB
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