MOSCOW, Jan 20 to identify those involved in the riots in the country on January 8, searches are being carried out in a number of states of the country, according to a release published on the agency's website. financed or supported the January 8 events in Brasilia,» the release said.
A total of 8 arrest warrants and 16 search warrants were reportedly issued by the nation's federal supreme court. The operation will affect such states as Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, as well as the federal district, with the capital city of Brasilia as part of it.
Supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, who have been protesting since the end of last year against the results of the presidential election, seized the Congress building in the Brazilian capital on January 8, broke into the territory of the Planalto Palace, the presidential residence, and also into the building of the Supreme Court, local media reported. The police managed to clear the government buildings of the protesters only in the evening, the premises were looted. During the riots and after them, about 2 thousand people were detained, 140 of them have already been arrested.