Two Moscow Courts Evacuated, Visitors Blocked for Hour
On the afternoon of July 21, employees of two Moscow courts were urgently evacuated from the building at 17k1 Michurinsky Prospekt. That is where the Nikulinsky and Zyuzinsky district courts are located.
As MSK1.RU was told by Moscow lawyer Artemy Volovik, who is currently at the scene, people were quickly led out through the gate. No one is being allowed into the building. Rosgvardia and dog handlers are on site. This has been going on for an hour.
«Evacuated absolutely everyone. Rosgvardia soldiers are standing. At the entrance to the checkpoint, employees are standing, no one is being let in,» the lawyer notes. «Law enforcement authorities are not disclosing the reason for the evacuation.»
Similar incidents occurred earlier at the Nagatinsky and Babushkinsky courts on July 9. People were led out of the buildings. Dog handlers were brought in to check the halls. After that, people were allowed back inside to continue court hearings.
There were also reports of an evacuation in the Federation Tower of the Moscow City business center. According to eyewitnesses, visitors to the business center were asked to leave the building. It later turned out that the cause was an accidental press of an alarm button on the 11th floor of the building.
