Bizarre moment 'lovestruck Brit tries to cross border into Putin's Russia on FOOT to meet online girlfriend' | OT3D925 | 2024-02-28 19:08:02
The besotted 37-year-old, branded a "stubborn Englishman" reportedly tried twice to cross into& Kaliningrad, a western&
THIS is the bizarre moment a lovestruck Brit appears to try to cross the Russian border on foot hoping to satisfy his online girlfriend.
The besotted 37-year-old, branded a "stubborn Englishman" reportedly tried 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 documents demanding to be let into Russia.
He advised guards he needed to get throughout the border at Grzechotki to satisfy his new girlfriend 700 miles away in St Petersburg.
The territory of Kaliningrad, subsequent to the NATO borders, is used as a headquarters for Russia's Baltic fleet and some of its strongest weapons together with hypersonic missiles.
Footage exhibits him seemingly making an attempt to get by way of on foot along woodland roads before he was detained.
He claimed his satnav had gone mistaken.
The Polish border guards stated the Englishman was "stubborn", including: "Officers from the Border Guard Station in Grzechotki detained an Englishman who entered the border street.
"The person needed to get to Russia. The aim of his journey was a woman he met on the Internet."
"At the street border crossing in Grzechotki on 23rd February at 2 am, a British citizen confirmed up for border customs on his approach 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 Internet.
"Border Guard officers informed the traveller that he could not cross the border as a result of he didn't have the required paperwork.
"A number of hours later, the 37-year-old drove his BMW to the world of the Polish-Russian border, the so-called green border.
"Around 5.30 a.m., Border Guard cameras recorded a man 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 nice, the Brit was released – and informed guards he would attempt to enter Russia by way of Lithuania.
The Border Guard spokesperson stated: "He stated he needed to go to the woman he met online so much 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 additionally paid PLN 100 [GBP 20] for failing to obey a B-1 'visitors prohibited in each instructions' sign."
The UK Overseas Workplace advises all British nationals towards journey in Russia because of the risks and threats from its warfare in Ukraine.
A FCDO supply stated that they had not been approached for assistance over this case, but they stand ready to help all its residents abroad.
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