Concrete barriers placed outside crowded places in Moscow for holiday season (PHOTOS) — RT News
Defensive concrete blocks have been put round Moscow’s Christmas and New Year markets, subsequent to metro stations and different crowded locations. The measure is being undertaken to “reduce potential threats.”
City authorities have launched “regular security measures which we apply throughout severe mass celebrations within the metropolis,” Vladimir Chernikov, of the Moscow Department of Regional Security and Anti-Corruption Unit, informed RT. “We are fascinated by doing all the things to attenuate potential threats.”
Trucks have additionally been put exterior locations of celebrations. This one is seen close to Kuznetsky Most metro station within the middle of the Russian capital.
“The enemy shall not cross!” a remark reads.
Центр перегородили бетонными блоками, теперь инвалиды точно не пройдут pic.twitter.com/0L44oteIPI
— Городу нужен герой (@mossight) December 27, 2016
Some individuals have reacted negatively to the concrete blocks, saying that they’re ugly and spoil the vacations.
“Holidays are coming,” one particular person wrote sarcastically on Twitter.
После событий в Берлине московские ярмарки стали ограждать бетонными блоками. Вынужденная мера.. pic.twitter.com/Mp2yDxcbIy
— Башаров Дмитрий (@DmitryBasharov) December 26, 2016
Earlier in December, the pinnacle of Moscow’s site visitors police, Viktor Kovalenko, informed RIA Novosti that metropolis police would block entry to venues of mass celebrations. The assertion got here after a day after a truck drove right into a Christmas market in Germany, killing no less than 12 individuals.
“Heavy vans can be used to shut off main junctions” main into areas with public celebrations, Kovalenko stated. “We perceive and see occasions taking place on this planet.”
Authorities additionally plan to examine automobiles for weapons or any prohibited substances, he added.
Метро Алексеевская окружили баррикадами.
Мнимая безопасность важнее удобства пешеходов pic.twitter.com/WeYHdCnmSa— Алексеевцы (@alekseevcy) December 27, 2016
Moscow just isn’t the primary metropolis to introduce such barricades throughout Christmas holidays. Earlier in December, the German metropolis of Dresden stated it was placing concrete limitations round Christmas markets.
Police forces in Britain additionally stepped up patrols at Christmas markets throughout the nation, after the tragedy in Berlin sparked fears of copycat terrorist assaults. Eleven UK police forces confirmed the deployment of anti-terrorist squads at Christmas markets, procuring facilities and different vacationer hotspots till the tip of the season.
