At least 130 Pakistani traders have been detained by Russian authorities at Moscow airport for eight hours over incomplete documentation,Express News reported on Thursday.
According to reports circulating on social media, around 150 Pakistani businessmen were taken to Russia by a private company to take part in an exhibition; however, the authorities at the Moscow airport detained at least 84 of them without citing any reason for their detention.
A video posted on a social media website shows the group of men being kept in a small room complaining they have not been given any reason for their detention.
“Some Turkish nationals who were also held by the authorities were later allowed to leave,” a man in the video said.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Russia Qazi Khalilullah, while speaking to media, said the Pakistan Embassy in Moscow is negotiating with the Russian authorities for their release.
Moscow is among the European capitals which beefed up security at their airports after the events in Brussels.
