| It is better not to appear by car in the center of Moscow on weekends The upcoming Day of Accord and Reconciliation may cause serious disagreements between drivers and traffic police officers. The latter, as usual on official holidays, plan to limit traffic in the center of Moscow. Moreover, this time not only personal but also public vehicles will be banned from appearing in the center.
According to a statement released recently by the capital's traffic police department, starting from half past eight in the morning on November 7, Vasilievsky Spusk, Moskvoretskaya, Varvarka, Ilyinka streets and the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge will be blocked. While motorists are looking for detours, celebrations dedicated to the 62nd anniversary of the historical parade of 1941 will begin on Red Square. At nine in the morning, participants in the 1941 procession, veterans of the Great Patriotic War, leaders of veteran, youth and children's organizations, as well as members of the capital government and Moscow City Duma deputies will lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the monument to Georgy Zhukov. At 10.00 about a thousand people will take part in a procession along the main square of the country. Around the same time, ceremonial events at Krasnaya Presnya will begin. Because of them, passage along the streets of 1905, Krasnaya Presnya, Barrikadnaya, Konyushkovskaya, Druzhinnikovskaya and Zamorenova will be closed. At half past ten, mass marches of left-wing organizations will begin in the capital. The Communists will celebrate November 7 with their usual grandeur. During the Red Banner demonstrations, Kaluzhskaya, Teatralnaya, Borovitskaya and Lubyanskaya squares, part of Leninsky Prospekt, Teatralny Proezd, Zhitnaya, Bolshaya Yakimanka, Mokhovaya, Bolshaya Polyanka, Vozdvizhenka, Znamenka, Okhotny Ryad, Tverskaya, Petrovka, Myasnitskaya and Volkhonka streets will be closed to cars. , as well as the Big and Small Stone Bridges.
At noon there will be a gala concert on Vasilyevsky Spusk. It is expected that, in addition to representatives of left-wing organizations walking nearby, among the spectators there will also be less politicized Muscovites who prefer noisy street gatherings to a quiet family holiday. It is possible that by 16.30 most spectators will move from Red to Slavyanskaya Square. At this time, a rally and concert will begin there. In order not to disturb vacationing citizens, the leadership of the capital's traffic police decided to ban travel on Slavyanskaya Square, Solyanka Street and Solyansky Proezd, Ilyinsky Spusk, Kitaygorodsky and Lubyansky Proezd for the duration of the event.
It is also worth noting that during the November holidays, from 9.00 today until the morning of Tuesday, November 11, all Russian police will serve in enhanced mode. This was announced recently by Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Head of the Public Security Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Shchadrin. According to him, the number of patrols on duty in cities will be increased by one third. Operational round-the-clock headquarters will be created in all police units, and all key units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will switch to a twelve-hour work schedule. In addition, airports, railway stations, subways and main highways will be placed under increased control. “The main task for the police for this period is to prevent terrorist acts, sabotage and extremist manifestations,” explained the deputy minister. Anna ShPAK |
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