From Le Figaro with AFP
Published 44 minutes ago, updated 39 minutes ago
The Narva River flows through the city of the same name and marks the border between Estonia and Russia. Zentsik/Wikimedia Commons
The man allegedly admitted to “bypassing checkpoints set up between Estonia and Russia by crossing the Narva River by boat,” Russian security services said.
A French citizen was arrested in Russia for “illegally” crossing the border by boat from Estonia and remanded in custody for at least 30 days, the Russian security services (FSB) said on Tuesday, November 21.
“The verification measures carried out revealed that the person in question is a French citizen. “The foreigner admitted that he illegally crossed the border of the Russian Federation by bypassing the checkpoints established between Estonia and Russia by crossing the Narva River by boat,” said an FSB statement cited by security authorities. Russian press.
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