This writes the TASS with reference to the data of the Ministry of Public Security of the Sverdlovsk region.

“According to the Ministry of Public Security, 23 people were detained,” the agency said.

According to the agency, most of the protesters left the square at about 00:00 Moscow time.

The ministry noted that the detained were security threats to people in the park.

Earlier in Yekaterinburg, the second uncoordinated action in defense of the square, which is planned to build the church of St. Catherine.