Overview
- Moscow’s Interior Ministry urged residents and visitors to refrain from launching firecrackers, rockets and other pyrotechnics indoors, from balconies, near homes and on transport infrastructure.
- Police linked the advisory to recent provocations as New Year celebrations near in the capital.
- Authorities reminded the public that breaching fire safety rules entails administrative liability under Article 20.4 of Russia’s Code of Administrative Offenses.
- They warned that incidents causing fatalities or significant property damage may be pursued under relevant articles of the Criminal Code.
- The city prosecutor’s office asked people to report violations, said phone solicitations to use pyrotechnics are illegal, and urged parents to tell children that officials will never ask them to light fireworks.