Models detained in Dubai for flouting public decency laws are from former Soviet states, it has emerged. They are all understood to be from Russia, Belarus and Moldova - with 11 confirmed as Ukrainian by the country's foreign ministry. A Russian man who was detained as an organiser of the 'lewd' shoot on a balcony in the United Arab Emirates has been identified by the Moscow media as Alexey Kontsov, It is understood he told police he was in a nearby apartment and had filmed the spectacle showing the naked women. He claims to have then made the 'fatal mistake' of sharing the explicit video, a potential crime in the UAE. Russian media outlet Life - a media group controlled by Vladimir Putin's suspected partner and former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva - reported some 40 models were involved in a project which has caused major upset in Dubai.

A group of women were arrested in Dubai after a video circulated showing people nude on a balcony. Public "lewd acts" are punishable with steep fines and jail in the United Arab Emirates. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. Police in Dubai arrested a group of people accused of appearing nude in a video, violating the emirate's strict public-morality laws, a statement from the police on Saturday said. The arrests came after a video spread on social media showing more than a dozen women naked on a balcony, an act that is punishable with imprisonment and a fine. The police statement did not identify the specific video, but appeared to be responding to the social-media commentary.

Subscriber Account active since. Police in Dubai arrested a group of people accused of appearing nude in a video, violating the emirate's strict public-morality laws, a statement from the police on Saturday said. The arrests came after a video spread on social media showing more than a dozen women naked on a balcony, an act that is punishable with imprisonment and a fine. The police statement did not identify the specific video, but appeared to be responding to the social-media commentary. Footage from the video appears to have been taken from another building in the fashionable Marina district where the shoot took place.

Models detained in Dubai for flouting public decency laws are mainly from Ukraine, it has emerged. Kinda confirms my theory that getting ink is cool right up until it positively identifies you as an idiot in a photo. Javascript is not enabled in your web browser. For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript.