“We have 98 criminal cases, most of them are federal cases on charges of serious crimes, and 275 open files, so by the end of the day there will be more than 300 of them,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

In turn, FBI spokesman Stephen Dantuono said that more than 100 people were detained, more than 270 suspects were identified.

On January 6, a protest rally of supporters of the current US President Donald Trump took place in Washington, which turned into riots.

The demonstrators broke into the building of the Congress, where the procedure for approving the results of the presidential elections was taking place.

The riots killed five people.