Russia detains Italian man for flying a drone near the Kremlin

MOSCOW (Reuters) - An Italian man has been detained in Moscow after flying a drone near the Kremlin, state news agency TASS reported on Tuesday, citing law enforcement sources.

TASS said Russian law enforcement agencies detained the man, a flight attendant, for operating the drone over Zaryadye Park which sits just beside the Kremlin in central Moscow.

The Italian embassy in Moscow did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Italian said that he did not know about a ban on flying drones in Moscow and just wanted to capture beautiful pictures of the capital, TASS said.

(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)

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