MOSCOW, June 24 Head of the Duma Commission on According to the regulations, Viktor Pinsky said that the State Duma will continue to work as usual, since it has a lot of work that cannot be postponed.
«We are fighting to preserve the statehood of Russia, and the Wagnerites, who arranged all this, are actually shooting us in the back. The Duma will work as usual. We have a lot of work that cannot be postponed. We work for people. In their interests. And in the interests of the citizens of Russia, the initiators of the military rebellion must immediately lay down their arms and stop the escalation of tension,» the parliamentarian said.
On Saturday in Rostov-on-Don, the headquarters of the Southern Military District was captured by the Wagner PMC. Groups of armed people are moving around the city, checkpoints have been set up at the entrances and exits. This happened against the backdrop of statements by Yevgeny Prigozhin about allegedly inflicted by the Russian Armed Forces missile and bomb attacks on the camps of PMC «Wagner» — this was denied by both the Ministry of Defense and the FSB. A criminal case has been opened against Prigozhin for organizing an armed rebellion.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the actions of the rebels a criminal adventure, a stab in the back of Russia and treason, to which exorbitant ambitions and personal interests led. All those who embarked on the path of betrayal, blackmail and terrorist methods will suffer inevitable punishment, the RF Armed Forces have received the necessary orders, the head of state added.