Migrants staged a massive brawl in Moscow

According to the capital's headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the site near one of the newly built buildings on Maresyev Street has become a "battlefield". The security forces are now investigating the cause of the fight.

“The sparring partners got together right on the road, one of them had something like a poker in his hands,” Vesti reports.

The fight was rather fleeting, lasted only about two minutes. What is happening got on the recording of CCTV cameras.

According to the security officials, the conflicting parties dispersed on their own, but the Interior Ministry officers managed to detain ten participants, among whom were seven migrants and three Muscovites.

The detainees face fines for petty hooliganism of up to 1,000 rubles.

In July, the police opened a criminal case under the heading "Hooliganism" after a mass shootout by visitors at the Auchan store. The scuffle took place the day before in the Troika shopping center in the center of the capital. One of the participants in the conflict used a weapon. As a result of the scuffle, about 50 people were detained. They were taken to the police station.

Earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation reported about the increased incidence of riots with the participation of foreigners. Fights of migrants have recently been recorded in Moscow, Moscow region, St. Petersburg, Dagestan, Amur and Sverdlovsk regions. By a court decision, the migrants were arrested for up to 15 days, some of them are now facing deportation with a ban on entry into the Russian Federation.

The last high-profile incident took place in Kuzminki. The brawl involved about 200 visitors from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. The fight was caused by a knife attack on two visitors from Central Asia. As a result of the scuffle, the police detained over 100 people. They were accused of petty hooliganism and violation of immigration laws. The court regarded the mass brawl of migrants as an “uncoordinated meeting". Several migrants involved in the brawl were subsequently deported from the country.