The Russian confession: As I avoided the guards, I entered Turkey and Polican

Foreigners who want to visit must receive permission from the army's General Staff. But Sleva from St. Petersburg to Russia, last summer without receiving any permission, could enter Polican and then into Gjader. The 31-year-old Russian posted on social networks what he saw and found on these two objects. In an interview with Top Channel, in Finland where it is currently located, Sleva first shows why so much interest in him and others in visiting former military bases of communism.

Because it's history. Many young people do not know the story. He doesn't care about history. While some like me like to visit such abandoned objects to see for themselves. This gives you an extraordinary sense of going to places where history has become history, already abandoned, and many people do not know there are”, he declared.

Journalist: You visited the former Polican factory. How hard was it to get in?

Sleva: It was actually very easy. I didn't plan on going to Polican. I was going to the canons of Osum. I passed by Polican and heard about this factory. I didn't know it existed or how to get in. I stopped and asked some local residents. Everyone told me. Look, there's the factory but it's locked and abandoned. I went there. I didn't see anyone. He was a soldier. When I saw with my own eyes many crates of bullets. It was incredible. Hard to believe these crates were still there. Anyone could come in and do anything. I had no evil intention. I was just exploring, but if someone with bad intentions had information about this place, then you could start a war. There were too many bullets. Kalashnikov Villages, black powder, landmines, grenades, bullet clothes, lots of things. Real guns.

Journalist: You also visited the former Gydri military airport. What difficulty did you face entering?

Sleva: I saw there was a soldier outside with a tinnikov. When I saw the soldier, I realized I was in the right place. I tried to get in on one side of the door but it was locked and the other was open. Nobody saw me. I went in and was shocked by what I saw. The large number of planes parked there for decades. I took pictures and I left. No one had the expectation of such visitors as I did. There's nothing there to steal. These places have interest in people like me. Urban explorers.

Journalist: The soldier told you something?

Sleva: No. Of course not. No one would give permission to go in there.

Journalist: So let's make this clear. You didn't get any permission to enter the Polican and Gader. Is that correct?

Sleva: No. No. Of course not. I didn't do all this by myself.

Journalist: What do you think of the three Russian and Ukrainian people arrested in Albania under suspicion that they were involved in spying activities?

Sleva: I know them. They are urban explorers, just like me, like those who like abandoned places. I could be in position today. They didn't come there to spy like you did. They didn't do anything wrong. I don't know what happened to the incident they had with the soldiers. They're not spies. They're tourists. Explorer.

Journalist: Do you personally know Svetlana Timofoeva? What can you tell us about it?

Sleva: I have personal knowledge with these people.

Journalist: One of the three detainees Mikhail Zryin is believed to have admitted his involvement in the spying activity for Russia. How do you see this development?

Sleva: I don't believe this. That's not true. He wanted to go in and take pictures and leave. This is not Russia's case. He's just an urban explorer. This brings nothing wrong. I think if Russia intends to sneak in somewhere they'll use very highly trained people compared to these three. Russia does not lack such people. / TCH