The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus named the number of people detained at the actions on September 2

“24 citizens were detained for violation of the legislation on mass events, three of them are students.

Before consideration of cases on administrative offenses in court, 16 people were placed in places of detention, ”the department said.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, during a meeting with Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei, said that Moscow is concerned about the detention of Russian journalists in Belarus.

At the same time, Lavrov noted that each time Minsk promptly responded to requests from the Russian side and released journalists, including those who did not have accreditation.