The Kremlin is actively involved in the issue of protecting the Russian capital after Prigozhin’s turmoil and his unsuccessful “campaign” against Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, after the uprising of the Wagner group in June 2023, is trying to protect Moscow by creating new military structures. The UK Ministry of Defense reported this on X (formerly Twitter).
In November 2022, Putin approved the creation of the Moscow Government Security Forces, a new organization to protect the infrastructure of the capital.
Since July 2023, this structure has acquired a more militarized character. In particular, he was given permission to use firearms. Several thousand recruits from the planned number of 15 thousand people were attracted to this structure.
British intelligence said the new structure was another example of Russia’s long tradition of militarization – the increasing number of armed organizations outside the regular armed forces.
The Moscow government’s security forces were likely tightened in response to concerns about the readiness of Moscow’s local security forces ahead of the Wagner Group’s June 2023 offensive.
“The project also gives Muscovites the opportunity to voluntarily fulfill their patriotic duty during the war, while avoiding service on the front lines in Ukraine. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin managed to minimize the direct impact of the conflict in the relatively affluent population of the capital. The The losses suffered by Russia in Ukraine were largely the cost of losses suffered by the poorer provincial regions,” the British department summarized.
We remind you that on New Year’s Eve a fire broke out in the western part of Moscow – a hangar with diesel fuel in an area of about 1000 square meters burned down,
Source: korrespondent
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