Russian president signs law to detain martial law violators for 30 days, warns of travel restrictions

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on June 24 allowing for 30-day detention for those who violate martial law in places where martial law has been imposed.

Biển quảng cáo cho lực lượng Wagner bị dỡ bỏ tại Volgograd ngày 24/6. Ảnh: Sputniki

A billboard advertising Wagner forces is removed in Volgograd on June 24. (Source: Sputniki)

Meanwhile, on his personal Telegram channel, Moscow Mayor Serge Sobyanin on June 24 asked residents and tourists in the capital to avoid all travel activities as much as possible.

“I ask to limit movement in the city as much as possible. Traffic may be congested in some neighborhoods and on some routes,” he wrote. The mayor stressed that Moscow city services are operating on high alert.

Mr Sobyanin also ordered a day off on June 26, except for security agencies and officials, amid the “anti-terrorist operation”, saying the situation in Moscow was “difficult”.

In a statement on June 24, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Moscow had warned Western countries not to exploit the uprising by the Wagner mercenary group "to achieve their anti-Russian goals".

On the same day, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev made it clear that Moscow will not allow the uprising led by mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin to turn into a coup or a global crisis.

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