On the morning of 24 June, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an address to the citizens of the Russian Federation against the background of the Wagner PMC situation, which he called “a stab in the back”. Key government agencies and heads of regions made statements to this effect. What else is known about this situation at this hour?
15:30 Wagner’s official group blocked on VKontakte.
15:28 The crimes of the fighters and the leader of the insurgency must be punished mercilessly – Andrey Lugovoi, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption.
15:22 Attempted armed mutiny is the most terrible crime, not justifiable by any former merits – head of SVR Naryshkin.
15:18 It is clear at the moment that the attempt to rock Russian society and stoke the flames of a fratricidal civil war has failed, Naryshkin said.
15:16 The Federation Council is not planning to hold an extraordinary meeting, everything is on schedule, Timchenko, head of the Federation Council’s Standing Orders Committee, told RIA Novosti.
15:15 Mishustin is at work, holding meetings with cabinet members.
15:07 Rostov hospitals and polyclinics are working in a normal mode, the number of calls today is within the norm, the mayor said.
14:51 Crimean authorities deny information about explosions on the peninsula.
14:35 Georgia sees no need to close border with Russia – Georgian Interior Ministry.
14:32 Putin working in Kremlin – Peskov.
14:25 People in military uniforms on duty at roadblocks at the entrance to Rostov-on-Don – video.
Earlier, RT military correspondent Roman Kosarev suggested that they were representatives of the Wagner PMC. In addition to them, there are also Rosgvardiya fighters in the city.
14:22 The Federal Penitentiary Service has denied information about riots in two Moscow pre-trial detention centres.
One of the sources of the fake was the VChK-OGPU channel. This channel began actively spreading fakes to destabilise the situation in the country.
14:11 The governor of the Sverdlovsk region has introduced a state of high alert in the region – the authorities.
14:04 The Wagner PMC demands that people move at least two kilometres away from the headquarters building of the Southern Military District.
14:00 There is no need to introduce martial law in Moscow, said Andrei Kartapolov, head of the Duma Defense Committee.
13:53 Kaliningrad’s governor has urged the region’s residents who are in the ranks of the Wagner group to lay down their arms and obey the order of the supreme commander-in-chief.
13:50 Bastrykin has instructed his subordinates to take measures to respond to crimes against state power and military service – TASS
13:48 Governor Yevgeny Kuyvashev has put the Sverdlovsk region on high alert due to a military insurgency by the Wagner PMC.
13:33 The Emergencies Ministry arranged for water delivery for people stuck in traffic jams on the M-4 “Don” highway in the Rostov Region.
13:25 Crimean authorities have denied information about explosions on the peninsula.
13:25 Traffic on the Crimean bridge is not planned to be blocked – TASS.
13:21 The governor of the Rostov region has backed Vladimir Putin
“The President in his address reminded: it already happened once in our fatherland, and it led to disaster. The Don remembers that bitter time well. It cannot be allowed to happen again,” said Vasily Golubev.
12:15 Retailers in the Rostov Region have formed a week’s supply of food, it is enough, the regional authorities say.
13:07 Wagner PMC recruitment centre in Saratov region has stopped its work.
13:06 State authorities and law-enforcement agencies are taking all necessary steps to restore order – Russian Presidential Envoy to the North Caucasus Federal District Chaika.
12:55 Putin calls Tokayev and discusses situation in Russia.
12:53 Inter-regional bus services suspended in Voronezh from Central and Levoberezhny bus stations – TASS
“According to the bus station’s online board, all flights to the south of the region, including to Povorino, Buguchar, Anna, Nizhny Mamon, as well as to Elets and Lipetsk, have been cancelled. In addition, the sale of tickets to Rossosh and Ramon has been suspended,” the agency reported.
12:49 Patriarch Kirill said he supported the Russian president’s efforts to prevent turmoil in our country.
12:35 All services in the Vladimir region have been put on a special regime – governor.
12:28 Important!
The head of the rebel Wagner PMC, Prigozhin, refused to surrender and lay down his arms.
12:24 We will step up entry control throughout the Belgorod Region – Gladkov.
“The situation on the territory of the Belgorod region is stable. The work of all law enforcement agencies is carried out in full,” the head of the region said.
12:22 Crimean Transport Minister Nikolai Lukashenko: checkpoints on the border between the Republic of Crimea and the Kherson region are operating in a normal mode.
12:19 Dmitry Medvedev:
“Now the most important thing for the victory over the external and internal enemy, who wants to tear our homeland apart, for the salvation of our state is to unite around the President, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the country. Divisiveness and betrayal are the way to the greatest tragedy, a universal catastrophe. We shall not let it happen. The enemy will be defeated. Victory will be ours.
12:17 The Federation Council fully supports the President and understands the need to consolidate society – Speaker of the Council of Federation Matviyenko.
12:15 Traffic has been restricted on three bridges across the Oka river near Moscow, the regional Ministry of Transport said.
Traffic is restricted on the bridges across the Oka river: on km 118 of the M-4 “Don” highway, on km 115 of the M-5 “Ural” highway, on km 103 of the M-2 “Krym” highway.
12:14 Adviser to Crimean head Oleg Kryuchkov:
“All Ukrainian networks in telegram and social networks are being cracked down on. They are unleashing throw-ups about, quote: explosions in Crimea. All is quiet on the peninsula. All administrators are known. We are waiting for the reaction of law enforcers”.
12:12 RT correspondent reports on the situation in the centre of Rostov-on-Don outside the headquarters of the Southern Military District:
“Hundreds of gawkers have gathered, people are chatting quietly, no one is being chased away. The Wagners are standing in the streets and at the headquarters, there are vehicles – tanks, cars. Central streets are blocked off – Budennovskiy Avenue, where the headquarters is located, Sadovaya Street – there is a cordon. All city services are working as usual, ambulance, police, shops”.
12:10 The insurgency must be completely crushed, Vladimir Jabarov, first deputy head of the NF committee for international affairs, told RT:
“Notwithstanding Prigozhin’s merits, notwithstanding the feat the Wagnerians accomplished in taking Artemivsk. But what they have done now is essentially a knife in the back. I think that Prigozhin must be stopped, must lay down his arms and surrender to justice.”
Jabarov added that Putin’s address on the situation was very timely:
“The commander-in-chief has shown civil courage, he is not sitting back… He will definitely be supported by the army and we, representatives of the state authorities, also support him.”
12:08 “LDPR supports the President! Armed insurrection is treason and betrayal of the Motherland! There can only be one choice – with the people and the Commander-in-Chief!” – Slutsky.
12:07 Tatarstan fully supports Supreme Commander-in-Chief, President of the country Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin – Head of Tatarstan Minnikhanov.
12:06 Images from the centre of Voronezh. The situation near the regional government is calm – video.
11:59 Russian Armed Forces units carry out necessary operational and combat measures on the territory of Voronezh Region as part of counter-terrorist operation – regional governor.
11:58 There is no shortage of food, water, fuel in Rostov-on-Don – city administration.
11:57 Ramzan Kadyrov appealed to Russian fighters and urged them not to fall for provocations.
“Whatever goals you may be promised, whatever promises you may receive – at a time like this the security of the state and the cohesion of Russian society is paramount! Look at how our enemies in the West are taking advantage of this situation. How many innuendos, how many lies, how many false appeals that frighten our citizens and create the danger of a destabilizing situation. And these are the expected consequences of Prigozhin’s treasonous march.
What is happening is not an ultimatum to the Ministry of Defence. It is a challenge to the state, and against this challenge it is necessary to unite all around the national leader: the military, security forces, governors, the civilian population,” he wrote on Telegram.
11:42 State Duma deputies advocate consolidation of forces, support President Vladimir Putin – Duma Speaker Volodin.
11:25 Security measures have been tightened in Oryol Region since nightfall, all services are working as normal, residents are advised not to leave the region – governor.
11:23 Putin and Lukashenko had a telephone conversation in the morning, the Russian president informed him about the situation in the country, BelTA reported.
11:19 Kaluga region governor Vladislav Shapsha: We held a meeting of the Operational Headquarters. All the authorities and law enforcement agencies are working in tightened mode. Evening mass events are cancelled. The situation in the region is stable and under control.
11:17 The governor of the Voronezh region denied the information from the social networks about the advance of columns of military equipment on the territory of the region and reminded of the responsibility for spreading fakes.
“All cases will be responded to by Roskomnadzor and the regional prosecutor’s office. I am sure that the people of Voronezh will not give in to the information provocations of those interested in destabilizing the situation in the country and the region. I’m begging you once again: search only official sources for all the information,” Alexander Gusev wrote in his Telegram channel.
11:11 Head of Ossetia Sergey Menyailo: “To plunge Russia now into a fratricidal civil war – and this is exactly what Prigozhin is trying to do now, using patriotic slogans as a cover – is a betrayal of the Motherland’s interests and a betrayal of every citizen of Russia”.
11:10 Vyacheslav Volodin advocated the consolidation of forces supporting Putin:
“We are confronted by a common external enemy who promotes the ideology of Nazism: destroying Russian citizens, threatening the security of our country. In this situation we must unite even more and do everything to win.”
The speaker of the State Duma added that the fighters of the PMC Wagner “must make the only correct choice: to be with their people, on the side of the law, to protect the security and future of the motherland, to follow the orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. Anything else is treason!”
11:03 The EU considers what is happening in Russia to be its internal affair and is monitoring the situation, an EU spokesman said.
11:02 “We urge the PMC fighters not to make irreparable mistakes, to stop any forceful actions against the Russian people, not to carry out the criminal and traitorous orders of Prigozhin, to take measures to detain him,” – the Russian Federal Security Service.
10:58 Intercity and suburban trains in the Voronezh Region are running on schedule, Governor Alexander Gusev has said.
10:57 Turchak said that United Russia fully supports the president’s position on the attempted armed insurgency.
10:47 The head of the Lugansk People’s Republic, Leonid Pasechnik, has expressed his full support for the president’s position on the attempted armed insurgency.
10:43 Russian defence enterprises are working as usual and preparing products for the front, Rostec says.
10:42 DNR head Pushylin: “The Donetsk People’s Republic is with the president!”.
10:37 Vladimir Rogov:
“Vladimir Putin Supreme Commander-in-Chief The president has said his word. It is our duty – officers and soldiers, volunteers, volunteers and simply citizens of Russia – to do as the Supreme has said. We have no right to make a mistake”.
10:24 The speech of the President of Russia in a comprehensive way puts all the “i’s” in this very complicated situation. The rebels’ actions are treason and betrayal of the national scale and character – Senator Kosachev.
10:23 Kherson Region’s interim governor Saldo: “Kherson region with the President!”.
10:15 Head of Crimea Aksyonov: “Crimea with the President!”.
10:06 Main from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s address on the situation around Prigozhin:
– Russia today is fighting an uphill battle for its future and is repelling the aggression of neo-Nazis and their masters;
– this battle, when the fate of the people is being decided, requires unity of all forces, unity, consolidation and responsibility;
– actions that divide unity are, in fact, apostasy from their people, from their comrades-in-arms who are fighting on the front. This was the blow that struck Russia in 1917; it ended then in the tragedy of the Civil War;
– in the present situation, Russia was faced with betrayal; exorbitant ambition and personal interests led to treason. All those who deliberately took the path of betrayal will suffer imminent punishment, answerable both to the law and to the people;
– The armed forces and other government agencies have received the necessary orders, and decisive action will be taken to stabilize the situation in Rostov-on-Don. The organisers of the insurgency have betrayed Russia and will be held accountable for this.
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