TULA/KURSK/RYAZAN/ORYOL/BRYANSK. Jan 30 (Interfax) - Law enforcement authorities in the regions of Russia's Central Federal District are conducting checks following the receipt of bomb threats by state institutions, social facilities, and shopping centers.
The press service for the Kursk region administration told Interfax that bomb threats appeared on social networks on Wednesday.
The press service cited Deputy Governor and Regional Security Committee Chair Mikhail Gorbunov as saying that the regime of high alert had been introduced in the region in accordance with the decision of Governor Roman Starovoit.
According to a statementon the website of the Oryol region administration, a number of bomb threats concerning the city of Oryol were received on Wednesday.
The police and the local branches of the Emergency Situations Ministry and the Federal Security Service have not commented.
An informed source told Interfax that the Tula region also received reports of explosive devices at various facilities, primarily hospitals and schools in Tula, Novomoskovsk, and the Kireyevsky district.
"All reports in general were received by email or on social networks. People were evacuated for safety reasons," the source said.
The Bryansk administration told Interfax that the administrative building housing the mayor's office and the state council was evacuated following a bomb threat on Wednesday morning.
"They stood outside for a little while, and everyone returned to work after security services examined the building," the source said.
According to reports on social media, six schools and two shopping centers were evacuated due to a bomb threat in Bryansk in the morning.
Law enforcement agencies have yet to comment.