Russian province lifts restrictions after Wagner halts march on Moscow

Russian soldiers and police officers stand an the edge one of the highways entering Moscow on June 24, 2023. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP)
Russian soldiers and police officers stand an the edge one of the highways entering Moscow on June 24, 2023. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP)

MOSCOW — Authorities in the southern Russian region of Lipetsk begin lifting restrictions after the rebel mercenary group Wagner, which had entered the province earlier, announced it would fall back.

“We are beginning to lift restrictions introduced today,” Governor Igor Artamonov says on Telegram.

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