Armenian Consulate in Rostov-on-Don works as normal, Foreign Ministry says
The Armenian Consulate General in Rostov-on-Don is operating as normal, Armenian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Ani Badalyan said on Saturday.
"Due to the situation in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation, Armenian citizens there can contact the Consulate General of Armenia in Rostov-on-Don at +7 989 502 96 50, if necessary," she said in a statement.
The hotline of the Armenian Embassy in Moscow is +7 926 806 50 01.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, who heads private military group Wagner, said his forces had taken control of the Russian army's headquarters in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don early on Saturday. He threatened to march on Moscow if defense minister Sergei Shoigu and Russia’s top general Valery Gerasimov did not meet with him in Rostov, CNN reported.
The Wagner group also claimed to have seized Russian facilities in a second city, Voronezh, some 600 kilometers (372 miles) to the north of Rostov-on-Don. The governor of the Voronezh region, Alexander Gusev, said the Russian military were engaging in “combat measures” in the area.