Moscow State of Emergency Ends

The state of emergency that Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin imposed during a hard-line rebellion two weeks ago ended Monday, but police officials said they intend to continue tough measures to combat crime and expel from Moscow anyone without a proper residency permit.

Russian television Monday night showed military units packing up armored personnel carriers in preparation for beginning their withdrawal from the city. Yeltsin imposed the state of emergency and a curfew Oct. 3, when armed rebels stormed key sites in the capital. Yeltsin was forced to call in the military to restore order.

In another sign of a return to normalcy, roads around the Russian Parliament building, which tanks and armored personnel carriers had pummeled as the rebellion collapsed, were reopened to regular traffic Monday. Repair work on the building continued behind huge cement barriers.

Police officials said that during the two-week state of emergency and curfew, crime had fallen dramatically in the city. They said beefed-up police patrols succeeded in rounding up not only armed groups that had escaped arrest when the hard-line rebellion collapsed Oct. 4, but also criminal gangs that have operated with increasing brazenness in recent months.