Mass events planned in Rostov-on-Don for the weekend have been canceled, Governor of the Rostov Oblast Vasily Golubev wrote on his Telegram channel, Report informs via TASS.
"A decision has been made to cancel all mass events that were scheduled for the weekend in Rostov-on-Don," he wrote.
According to the action plan of the authorities of the Rostov Oblast on June 24, the celebration of Youth Day was planned in the region. The main celebrations were to be held in three cities - Rostov-on-Don, Shakhty and Taganrog. It is also time of graduation parties for high school students in the region.
Earlier, Golubev called on citizens to refrain from going to the city center and not to leave their homes.
Several audio recordings were posted on Yevgeny Prigozhin's Telegram channel in which he claimed that his units had allegedly been attacked and blamed the Russian military brass for bombing his forces. In connection with these statements, the Russian FSB opened a criminal case on incitement to an armed rebellion. The Ministry of Defense denied Prigozhin's statement on bombing the group's rear. The Center for Public Relations of Russia's Federal Security Service urged Wagner fighters not to follow Prigozhin's orders and take steps to detain him.
Russian President's Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Vladimir Putin was informed about the situation regarding Prigozhin and "the necessary measures are being taken."