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Saturday, June 24, 2023
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Saturday, June 24, 2023
Moscow mayor urges residents to limit travel, declares ‘non-working’ Monday
Russian servicemen walk past the GUM, State Department store, in the center of Moscow, on June 24, 2023. (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP)
MOSCOW — Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin warns the situation in the capital is “difficult,” as forces of the Wagner mercenary group moves toward Moscow to oust Russia’s military leadership.
“The situation is difficult. I ask you to refrain from traveling around the city as much as possible,” Sobyanin says in a statement, warning of possible road closures and announcing Monday was a “non-working” day.
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