British and American citizens have been detained in the Far Eastern Russian province of Chukotka, governed by Roman Abramovich, for illegally crossing the Russian state border, RIA Novosti reported. Presumably, the two foreigners are tourists. The detainees have passports, commercial visas, tents and arctic equipment with them. A .44 Magnum-Colt pistol and cartridges have been also found among their belongings, a local security services spokesman said.
That .44 would be for polar bears most likely
Would it bring down an elk?
They told the police that they were heading from South America to Great Britain, and had crossed the Russian-American border in the Bering Strait, traveling from Alaska.
Nice little hike
But Russian authorities seem to be doubtful about the aim of their visit to Russia and have started an investigation into the case.
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What? No Second Amendment in Russia? Who woulda thought?
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"Comrade, we are simple, if well-armed, tourists, da?"
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Russian authorities did not identify the two or say when they were arrested.
But one of the adventurers, Briton Karl Bushby, said on his Web site that he and Dimitry Kieffer of Anchorage, Alaska, reached Chukotka province Friday. It took them 15 days to walk the 56 miles from Alaska to Russian territory. The Web site said Bushby, a 36-year-old former paratrooper, made the crossing as part of a round-the-world walk that began in 1998 at the southern tip of South America.
Bushby's father, Keith, of Hereford, England, confirmed the two had arrived in Russia on Friday and had been detained sometime after that, though he did not know exactly when. In a posting dated Friday, March 31, Karl Bushby's Web site said he and Kieffer were in the village of Uelen, near the point where the Bering Sea meets the Chukchi Sea, about 560 miles northwest of the provincial capital Anadyr.
Keith Bushby said the travelers were headed south down the coast en route to the city of Provideniya, about 380 miles northeast of Anadyr, to officially register with Russian authorities. But they were stopped on their way there in the small village of Lavrenty, about 500 miles northwest of Anadyr. They did not enter the country at a border crossing, so they had no stamps in their passports.
``Because they were walking across the Bering Strait, they could not take the normal route. Consequently, they didn't have the correct stamps and a landing permit,'' Keith Bushby told The Associated Press. ``We don't blame the Russian bodyguards because they are doing their job. Karl fully expected a problem, because he knew this would happen.'' He added that his son was feeling fine but was upset that his trip through Russia could be cut short if the authorities deny him permission to continue his travels.
Bushby wants to be the first person to walk all the way around the world, his Web site says. Since the beginning of his journey on Nov. 1, 1998, he has covered 17,000 miles, walking through South, Central and North America.
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Pretty interesting story.
I hope the Russian sheriff, played by Brian Dennehy, doesn't try to give the Brit ex-soldier, played by Sly Stallone, a hard time or Richard Crenna may say, "You better order some more body bags".
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Nothing new here. Russia has been the primary and major arms supplier to the Arabs since the 50s. How well did those work against Israel in the wars against them, BTW? As well as the Russian made equipment the Iraqis had during the gulf wars? Really?
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British and American citizens have been detained in the Far Eastern Russian province of Chukotka, governed by Roman Abramovich, for illegally crossing the Russian state border, RIA Novosti reported. Presumably, the two foreigners are tourists. The detainees have passports, commercial visas, tents and arctic equipment with them. A .44 Magnum-Colt pistol and cartridges have been also found among their belongings, a local security services spokesman said. 
