Russia's National Guard to get tanks, heavy weaponry - TASS

Russia's National Guard will be equipped with heavy weaponry and tanks, the RIA news agency quoted its head Viktor Zolotov as saying on Tuesday, after units of the Guard came close to having to defend Moscow against heavily armed mutineers.

Zolotov also said the Wagner mercenaries who carried out the short-lived weekend mutiny would not have been able to take Moscow if they had reached the Russian capital, the TASS news agency reported.