26 Jun 2023

Emergency security measures in Moscow

From Morning Report, 7:10 am on 26 June 2023

Emergency security measures remain in place in Moscow, a day after a short-lived rebellion that was the biggest challenge yet to President Putin's authority in Russia.

The anti-terror measures were introduced when the Wagner mercenary group advanced on the capital - but the leader of the group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, halted the march that same evening.

The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner spoke to Corin Dann.

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