Russian authorities have evacuated dozens of buildings in Moscow and other cities this week after a flurry of anonymous calls claiming that bombs were planted there.<br /><br />The official Tass news agency, citing an unnamed security-service source, said more than 50,000 people had been evacuated in the capital after about 100 threats.<br /><br />All of the threats have so far turned out to be false alarms.<br /><br />On Wednesday, three of Moscow’s main train stations were checked, along with the city’s famous GUM department store near Red Square, and more than 20 other buildings, according to RIA Novosti.<br /><br />Citing an unnamed source in the emergency services, the state-owned news agency reported that the hoaxes had so far affected more than 20 cities, and that many of the calls were believed to have been made from Ukraine.<br /><br />Relations between Moscow and Kiev are at a low after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine rebelled against Kiev’s rule.<br />
