Fighters of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner withdraw from the Voronezh regionbordering Ukraine, the day after boss Yevgeny Prigozhin decided to end an uprising seeking to advance to Moscow, local authorities said on Sunday.

“Units of the Wagner paramilitary group are finalizing their withdrawal from the territory of the Voronezh region,” local governor Alexander Gusev wrote on Telegram, assuring that everything is going “without incident.”

Wagner’s men withdrew Saturday evening from Rostov (southwest), where they had taken control of the headquartersthe nerve center of Russian operations in Ukraine, following negotiations between Prigozhin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

According to the Russian presidency, Prigozhin will go to Belarus, without it being known on Sunday when he will leave Russia. Nor has it been disclosed where the head of the militia is currently located.

All road restrictions in the Rostov region imposed after these 24-hour riots were lifted on Sunday, the local service of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations announced.

“circulation was restoredsaid his spokesman, quoted by the state service RIA Novosti.

In and around the Russian capital, however, the “anti-terrorist operations regime” that had been put in place the day before as a result of the riot was still in effect on Sunday. And on Monday, a public holiday was declared in the city to avoid travel.

Impressive police patrols continued to be deployed along the main road leading out of Moscowin the south of the capital, confirmed a journalist from AFP.

China’s foreign ministry on Sunday said its country supported Russia’s efforts to “protect national stability” in an initial response by the Chinese government to the Russian paramilitary group’s uprising against the Kremlin.

“As a friendly neighbor and strategic partner, China supports Russia in its efforts to protect, develop and achieve prosperity for the country’s stability.the ministry said in a statement, stressing that what happened in Russia is an “internal matter”.