Bizarre moment ‘lovestruck Brit tries to cross border into Putin’s Russia on FOOT to meet online girlfriend’ | 1064E03 | 2024-02-27 19:08:01
Bizarre moment 'lovestruck Brit tries to cross border into Putin's Russia on FOOT to meet online girlfriend' | 1064E03 | 2024-02-27 19:08:01
The besotted 37-year-old, branded a "stubborn Englishman" reportedly attempted twice to cross into& Kaliningrad, a western&
THIS is the bizarre second a lovestruck Brit seems to attempt to cross the Russian border on foot hoping to satisfy his on-line girlfriend.
The besotted 37-year-old, branded a "stubborn Englishman" reportedly attempted twice to cross into& Kaliningrad, a western& Russian enclave between Poland& and& Lithuania.
The 37-year-old Brit is claimed to have arrived at the Polish border in his BMW however with no visa or car paperwork demanding to be let into Russia.
He advised guards he had to get across the border at Grzechotki to satisfy his new girlfriend 700 miles away in St Petersburg.
The territory of Kaliningrad, next to the NATO borders, is used as a headquarters for Russia's Baltic fleet and a few of its most powerful weapons together with hypersonic missiles.
Footage exhibits him seemingly making an attempt to get by way of on foot alongside woodland roads earlier than he was detained.
He claimed his satnav had gone incorrect.
The Polish border guards stated the Englishman was "cussed", adding: "Officers from the Border Guard Station in Grzechotki detained an Englishman who entered the border street.
"The person needed to get to Russia. The purpose of his trip was a woman he met on the Web."
"On the street border crossing in Grzechotki on 23rd February at 2 am, a British citizen confirmed up for border customs on his method out of Poland.
"The man didn't have a visa to Russia or a car registration certificates.
"He claimed that he needed to go to St Petersburg to visit his fiancee, whom he met on the Web.
"Border Guard officers informed the traveller that he couldn't cross the border because he did not have the required documents.
"A couple of hours later, the 37-year-old drove his BMW to the world of the Polish-Russian border, the so-called inexperienced border.
"Around 5.30 a.m., Border Guard cameras recorded a person who entered the border street.
"The detained Englishman defined to the Border Guard officers that the navigation had directed him fallacious."
After being slapped with a £120 advantageous, the Brit was launched – and informed guards he would try to enter Russia by means of Lithuania.
The Border Guard spokesperson stated: "He stated he needed to go to the woman he met online a lot that he has determined to go to Lithuania and from there to Russia.
"Officers from PSG in Grzechotki fined the 37-year-old man for getting into the border street lane of PLN 500 [GBP 100]. The Englishman also paid PLN 100 [GBP 20] for failing to obey a B-1 'visitors prohibited in each directions' sign."
The UK Overseas Workplace advises all British nationals towards travel in Russia because of the risks and threats from its conflict in Ukraine.
A FCDO source stated that they had not been approached for assistance over this case, however they stand ready to help all its citizens abroad.
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