In Moscow, seven protesters in support of Belarus were detained near the Presidential Administration

In Moscow, participants of pickets in support of Belarus were detained near the building of the Presidential Administration. This was reported to OVD-Info by one of the detainees, the editor of the Avtozak LIVE telegram channel Nikita Stupin.

Among the detainees: Vladislav Neimark, Irina Terekhina, Ivan Klimov, Viktor Petrunin, Nikita Stupin, Sergei Zuev, and Zuev's thirteen-year-old daughter.

The employees did not explain the grounds for the detention. The activists are being taken to the Kitai-Gorod police station.

20:10 The detainees were taken to the department. A lawyer from OVD-Info, Mikhail Ignatiev, comes forward to them.

20:30 Activist Sergei Zuev and his underage daughter were released from the police department with an obligation to appear.

22:18 All the activists detained at the building of the Presidential Administration were released from the Kitai-Gorod police station with an obligation to appear. A lawyer from OVD-Info, Mikhail Ignatiev, worked in the department.

• On September 14, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko met in Sochi for the first time since the elections in Belarus. Before the meeting, Putin announced that he intended to provide Belarus with a loan. Following the meeting, Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian president would recognize the results of the elections in Belarus.
• In Belarus, after the presidential elections on August 9, mass protests began: the protesters believe that the election results were rigged in favor of the incumbent head of state Alexander Lukashenko. The actions caused a resonance in Russia as well. In a number of cities, rallies are held in support of the protesters in Belarus, about 60 people were detained. *