French citizen detained after illegal crossing the border claims he wanted to settle in Russia.
The court in the Russian Leningrad region on Wednesday decided on a two-month detention for a French citizen who illegally looked at the Estonian-Russian border on the Narva River. According to Reuters, TASR informs about this.
Shortly after arrival on the shore, the Federal Security Service (FSB) arrested. According to the court in the Leningrad region, the French claims that he wanted to settle in Russia. In addition, he said in his testimony that he had undergone psychiatric treatment in the past. Reuters failed to contact a man or his lawyers.
Cases of illegal border crossings
In May 2023, Russian news sites RBK and Fontanka.ru reported a similar case. The Russian border guards then detained a Slovak, who in neoprene clothing illegally came to the Russian Leningrad region from Estonia also across the Narva River. The man allegedly floated across the river with a children’s swimming wheel on which he had a backpack with personal things. For example, there were sneakers, plastic bags or towels. The Slovak apparently held pro -Russian views and decided to emigrate to Russia for price increases, his disagreement with the European Union policy and the growing acceptance of LGBT in the West.
