"The Istanbul Police Department detained two Russian citizens and a Turkish citizen at 10:30 am on Thursday, December 3, 2020, after discovering that they were filming without permission near an unmanned aerial vehicle research and development center in our province, where photography and video filming is prohibited." , - the message says.

By order of the Chief Prosecutor, the term of these persons' detention was extended by three days.

The official investigation is ongoing.

Earlier, the NTV channel reported that two employees of the Central Television program, reporter Alexei Petrushko and cameraman Ivan Malyshkin, were detained in Turkey, they stopped communicating.