In Photos: Life in Moscow Amid Prigozhin's Mutiny
Moscow residents awoke Saturday to news that the Wagner mercenary group's forces had seized control of a military command center in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don and were headed toward the capital.
As a convoy of thousands of Wagner fighters rapidly headed north from Rostov-on-Don, Russia’s National Anti-Terrorist Committee declared an “anti-terrorist operation” regime in Moscow and the Moscow region.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin advised residents to refrain from leaving their homes and declared Monday to be a "non-working" day for the entire city.
Despite the measures and the threat of an armed confrontation on their doorstep, many Muscovites carried on with their weekends as normal.
As a convoy of thousands of Wagner fighters rapidly headed north from Rostov-on-Don, Russia’s National Anti-Terrorist Committee declared an “anti-terrorist operation” regime in Moscow and the Moscow region.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin advised residents to refrain from leaving their homes and declared Monday to be a "non-working" day for the entire city.
Despite the measures and the threat of an armed confrontation on their doorstep, many Muscovites carried on with their weekends as normal.
Red Square was closed to the public on Saturday.
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A barrier at the entrance to Moscow in the city's southern Yasenevo district.
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The entrance to Moscow in the Yasenevo district.
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A barrier at the entrance to Moscow in the Yasenevo district.
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Onlookers at the entrance to Moscow in the Yasenevo district.
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The closed Iverskiye Vorota (Iberian Gate) at the entrance to Red Square.
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Barricades block the entrance to Red Square.
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Girls take photos in front of the Russian Defense Ministry headquarters.
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A man is photographed with life-size figures of President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the center of Moscow.
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People dancing in Gorky Park.
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Men play chess in a park on one of Moscow's central boulevards.
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Fences across the street from the State Duma building.
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Girls in a cafe.
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A wedding in the center of Moscow.
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Muscovites resting on the embankment near Museon Park.
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The Kontrrazvedka bar a few hundred meters from the FSB headquarters at Lubyanka, hosted a disco party the night that Wagner forces took over the military command center in Rostov-on-Don.
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A security guard in Park Zaryadye near the Kremlin.
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