Sakhalinets from the village of Pravda, who tried to sail to Japan on a home -made boat, will pay a fine

A resident of the Sakhalin village Pravda Alexander Konovalov, who tried to sail to Japan on a home -made boat, will be fined for violation of the border.

Firstly, the citizen did not notify the border body about going to sea on a swimming tool, sets out Sakh.com the essence of the FSB claims. Secondly, movement on a home-made raft in adverse weather conditions (east wind up to 20 m/s, water temperature about +6 ° C) posed a threat to the life and health of Sakhalin. And in the case of overturning, the survival of a person in water without the means of salvation and protection in the indicated conditions is about 20 minutes.

For violation of the rules of the border regime, a citizen was brought to administrative responsibility under Part 1, part 2 of Article 18.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses with the sentence of a fine.

A resident of the Kholmsky district explained to law enforcement officers who stopped him that he built a raft for a trip. Sakhalinets was disagreeable with the fact that they were trying to interfere with him, and even resisted. “Now you need to find out if it is healthy mentally. Outwardly, it seems, it looked normal, sober and not under drugs,” a source familiar with the situation told Komsomolskaya Pravda . According to the publication, the results of the psychological examination will be ready in a few days.

It should be noted that in 2010 another Sakhalin was sentenced to a year of imprisonment conditionally for voyage in Japan for beer .