Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The External Labor Migration Agency under the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction of Uzbekistan commented on the situation with the raid by law enforcement agencies at a construction site in Yekaterinburg.

Among the detainees were two citizens of Uzbekistan.

Due to the lack of a work patent, they were placed by a court decision in a temporary detention center for foreign citizens in Yekaterinburg.

The Consulate General of Uzbekistan in Yekaterinburg and the representative office of the Agency for External Labor Migration in Russia provide legal and other assistance to fellow citizens.