Moscow Mayor declares Monday a day off
5:28 p.m.: In view of the tense situation, the Mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, has given most of the citizens the day off on Monday. “The situation is complicated,” Sobyanin said on his Telegram channel.
“In order to minimize risks”, the majority of people should stop working. Exceptions are, for example, employees of the city administration or the military. The authorities are overall “on increased alert.” The mayor also recommended that citizens stay at home if possible, as road closures are possible.
Medvedev warns of nuclear catastrophe
5:25 p.m.: Russia’s ex-president Dmitry Medvedev addresses the security of Russian nuclear weapons. The whole world would be on the brink of catastrophe if they fell into the hands of “bandits,” says President Vladimir Putin’s close ally, according to the RIA news agency.
Dmitry Medvedev, former President of Russia (archive photo): He is considered a close ally of Vladimir Putin. (Source: Ekaterina Shtukina/imago images)
Kremlin sends warning to Western countries
5:14 p.m.: The government in Moscow is warning western countries against using the Wagner group uprising to achieve their “anti-Russian goals”. This emerges from a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow.
Report: Rostov train station overcrowded
5:11 p.m.: After the Wagner group occupied military installations in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, numerous residents apparently want to leave the city. This is reported by the Russian newspaper Kommersant. A reporter at the scene reports that long queues have formed at a suburban train station.
According to the regional government, traffic at the bus station should continue to run normally. However, tickets “for destinations that are temporarily blocked” have been discontinued.
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Wagner: Putin should fire Shoigu and Gerasimov
4:52 p.m.: In a cryptic message, the Wagner group made a suggestion to Vladimir Putin as to how the uprising could possibly end: “Couldn’t the supreme commander meet the 25,000 heroes, open your eyes to the chaos that reigns in the country and in the army, and the Both old-era officers fired?” read a Telegram message from the private army.
The commander-in-chief means the Russian president, and “25,000 heroes” means the Wagner mercenaries. Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin had also said in previous reports that he had 25,000 men under his control. The “two officials” probably mean Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov, with whom Prigozhin has been at odds for months.
