ASTANA, November 1. /TASS/. Russian authorities detained citizens of France and Germany for entering the grounds of the Baikonur spaceport without proper authorization, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Kazakhstan reported.

“Police officers of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs detained French citizen Axel Olivier Robert and German citizen Lorenz Julian Karl Jurgen for being on the premises of the Baikonur spaceport without a permit,” the prosecutor’s office said.

The detention took place on October 29. When questioned, Robert and Jurgen said they wanted to take a look at the Energia rocket at the Baikonur spaceport.

The police cited the violators, keeping them in custody for a day. After that, they were expelled from the Baikonur site.