A video has captured the bizarre moment a British man attempted to cross the border into Russian territory to meet his internet girlfriend.
The man was caught and detained while trying to cross the border in Kaliningrad, a Russian territory between Poland and Lithuania.
He reportedly made the attempt twice before being apprehended at the Polish border. Guards found him with no visa or vehicle documents after making it that far in his BMW.
He was adamant that he must across the border to meet his girlfriend in St Petersburg, 700 miles away from where he was found in Grzechotki.
The footage shows him making his way down the road on foot before being detained. He later claimed to border guards, who called him “stubborn”, that his satnav had simply taken him the wrong way.
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A spokesperson for the border guards said: “Officers from the Border Guard Station in Grzechotki detained an Englishman who entered the border road.
The man wanted to get to Russia. The purpose of his trip was a girl he met on the internet. At the road border crossing in Grzechotki on 23rd February at 2 a.m., a British citizen showed up for border customs on his way out of Poland.”
The spokesperson continued: “He claimed that he wanted 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 because he did not have the required documents.
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“A few hours later, the 37-year-old drove his BMW to the area 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 road.”
The man was then handed a £120 for his troubles and then released, despite telling guards he would just try again to enter Russia through Lithuania.
Brits have been warned by the Foreign Office not to travel to Russia because of the risks posed by the country’s war in Ukraine.
