On the night of January 1, St. Petersburg police detained at least 50 migrants. This was reported by a correspondent of Bumaga.
The arrests took place near the Gostiny Dvor and Admiralteyskaya metro stations. As Paper reports, security forces even detained children. Fontanka writes that migrants' documents were checked and those «whose documents were not in order» were «sent to the department.»
Later, the publication, without specifying a source, reported that as a result of the raid, three thousand were detained Human. Of these, 600 were fined for violating immigration laws. One hundred people are facing deportation outside Russia.
Sota also reported a raid on foreigners in the center of Moscow. According to the publication, they were taken into paddy wagons under the pretext of “searching for offenses in the database.” The exact number of detainees in the capital is unknown.
Updated at 17:54. Fontanka has added information about the estimated number of people detained on New Year's Eve in St. Petersburg.