For the first time in Moscow, a regime of counter-terrorist operation was introduced, previously used only in the North Caucasus

In connection with the military mutiny by Wagner PMC, the Russian authorities introduced the CTO regime in Moscow, the Moscow Region and the Voronezh Region. It involves the inspection of citizens and any transport, tracking all telephone conversations and other messages, including on the Internet, limiting communications, using transport and property of citizens and organizations in order to fulfill the tasks of the CTO regime.

The CTO regime was introduced in Chechnya in 1999, and it was canceled only in 2009. It was also used in certain areas of Ingushetia, Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Stavropol Territory. The last time the CTO regime was introduced in the Belgorod region, when Ukrainian saboteurs penetrated there. He worked for one day.

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