British man tries walking into Russia to meet his online girlfriend | O70404E | 2024-02-29 11:08:01
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A British who drove to the Polish border to satisfy a Russian lady he met online has been seized by border guards.
The Polish Border Guard referred to the 37-year-old British nationwide as a 'stubborn Englishman' after he arrived at the border in his BMW – with no visa or car paperwork – and demanded to be let into Russia.
He advised guards he 'needed to get throughout the border at Grzechotki' to satisfy his new girlfriend, who was 700 miles away in St Petersburg.
After being turned away, he then tried to get across the border on foot by means of woodland roads, as seen in obtained footage, however he was detained.
He had advised Polish border guards that his satnav had 'gone incorrect'.
In a press release, the Polish border guards stated: 'Officers from the Border Guard Station in Grzechotki detained an Englishman who entered the border street.
'The man needed to get to Russia. The aim of his journey was a woman he met on the Internet… The man didn't have a visa to Russia or a car registration certificate.
'He claimed that he needed to go to St Petersburg to go to his fiancée, whom he met on the Internet.'
A number of hours after first approaching the border, he drove his BMW to the 'inexperienced border' space of the Russian border with Poland.
They added: 'Round 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 flawed.'
The fined the unnamed man £120 and later released the Brit, who informed the guard he would attempt to enter Russia via Lithuania.
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Within Russia, nevertheless, nationals are going to extreme lengths to escape conscription into the war with Ukraine.
University college students are being taken from courses and dormitories, whereas raids are carried out on& vegetable warehouses, mosques and on the road, the place any young males eligible for army service are dragged to enlistment workplaces.
Tons of of hundreds of younger males have fled to avoid being referred to as as much as battle – and Georgia is a logical stop for& Russians& who do not want a visa to enter or work there.
Putin also banned men from leaving Russia from the day they're summoned to a conscription office and increased the fines for failure to seem on the enlistment office.
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