Putin to address security forces in the Kremlin from the porch of the Palace of Facets

On the porch of the Palace of Facets, preparations are underway for the performance, the military has already arrived there, and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has also arrived

.fotorama1687878036912 .fotorama__nav--thumbs .fotorama__nav__frame{ padding:5px; height:75px} .fotorama1687878036912 .fotorama__thumb-border{ height:75px; border-width:0px; margin-top:5px} Russian resident Vladimir Putin addresses the personnel of the units of the Ministry of Defense, the Federal Service of National Guard Troops, the Federal Security Service, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal Security Service, which ensured order and law during the mutiny (Photo: Sergey Guneev / RIA Novosti )

Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a statement and address the units of the Ministry of Defense, the Russian Guard, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSO, which ensured order during the events with the Wagner PMC, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, RBC correspondent reports . The appeal will be made in the Kremlin, from the porch of the Faceted Chamber, he confirmed.

“The performance will be real. Lots of fighters. In the Kremlin, in order to find a place, this is just a free area, ”he explained the choice of location.

According to Peskov, before that, Putin will have an international call.

The telegram channel “You listened to Mayak” published a video showing that preparations for the performance are underway on the porch of the Faceted Chamber, and a red carpet has been laid out on the steps.

The telegram channel also published a video showing that Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu had already arrived on the square in front of the Palace of Facets.

Read PionerProdukt .by How, in the pursuit of profit, Reddit scared away all users Money is flowing away: we are looking for problem areas in procurement to reduce costs Blood in the veins: how the world is preparing to counter the epidemic of deepfakes The German economy is in recession. What this means for the eurozone and ECB rates

The Red Porch is the main entrance to the Holy Vestibule and to the hall on the second floor of the Palace of the Facets, its outer part is oriented towards the Cathedral Square of the Kremlin. The porch was first built at the end of the 15th century, but it was dismantled in the early 1930s, and in its place a canteen for participants in the congresses of the Communist Party and sessions of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR appeared. In the early 1990s, the canteen building was already demolished, and in 1994 the porch returned to its old place.
Initially, the Red Porch was used for solemn exits of Russian tsars to the people. However, there were more tragic episodes in his history. So, for example, in 1682, it was on the Red Porch that Natalya Kirillovna, the widow of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, had to go out to show the rebel archers not only her son Peter, but also the son of the first wife of the late Tsar Ivan, who, according to rumors circulating in Moscow, was related to the widowed poisoned the queen. On that day, the rebels threw Prince Mikhail Dolgorukov from the Red Porch onto spears, and then killed the head of the government, the boyar Artamon Matveev, and several other high-ranking boyars, supporters and relatives of Peter I.

In post-Soviet Russia, the Red Porch is also used for ceremonial exits of the country's leadership. So, for example, in 2004, immediately after the inauguration, President Vladimir Putin, who had just entered his second term, hosted the parade of the Presidential Regiment from the porch. On May 9, 2020, I watched from the Red Porch the parade of foot and horse guards of the Presidential Regiment, timed to coincide with Victory Day, since the parade on Red Square was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

Over the past few days, President Vladimir Putin has made two televised addresses. The first was devoted to the events around the Wagner PMC, which blockaded Rostov-on-Don and began to move towards Moscow. The founder of a private military company, Yevgeny Prigozhin, linked his actions, as he reported, with the strike of the “military leadership” on the PMC camp. The Ministry of Defense denied this.

“The one who organized and prepared the military rebellion, who raised arms against his comrades-in-arms, betrayed Russia and will answer for this,” the president said in his address on June 24.

Putin made his second statement on June 26 after the situation was resolved through the mediation of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and Prigozhin curtailed the forces of Wagner PMC and announced their return to the rear camps.

“Thank you for your endurance, unity, patriotism. <...> I repeat that the highest consolidation of society, executive and legislative power at all levels was shown, ”Putin said in his second televised address to the Russians.

On the evening of June 26, Putin held a meeting with the heads of law enforcement agencies, the Kremlin press service reported. “I have gathered you in order to thank you for the work done during these few days, and in order to discuss the situation that has developed at this point in time, as well as talk about the tasks that we face, as a result of the analysis of those events, that have taken place in the country,” the president said.