Special security measures still valid in Moscow
Emergency security measures remained in place in Moscow, a day after the armed revolt by the private group Wagner, an incident that represented the biggest challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin's authority in Russia, the BBC reports.
The anti-terrorism measures were introduced on Saturday after the Wagner group began to advance from Rostov-on-Don towards the Russian capital. Wagner's leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, later abandoned the advance to Moscow and declared that he would leave for Belarus.
Yevgeny Prigozhin left Rostov-on-Don in a column of tanks and military vehicles to cheers from the crowd, a day after it seized Russian army headquarters in the city and sent a military convoy to Moscow.
A deal brokered by Vladimir Putin's ally, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, ended the Wagner fighters' advance. It is not yet known where Yevgeny Prigozhin is at this time, but he will have to go into exile in Belarus, and what is left of Wagner's forces is to be absorbed into the ranks of the Russian army.
