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Red Corner: Walk Around the World Ended by Russian Red Tape
Karl Bushby's epic journey to walk around the world looks like it has come to an end thanks to heartless Russian authorities who have decided to deport the adventurer. Bushby has spent the last seven-and-a-half years walking 17,000 miles from the tip of South America, up through North America, Canada and Alaska before completing a very rare journey across the frozen Bering Strait and into Russia-where he was quickly arrested on his way to the nearest town to process his visa paperwork.
While it was hoped that Russian authorities would make an exception for the adventurer, it has just been learned that a local court has found him guilty of entering Russia illegally. Bushby will be deported and not allowed back into Russia for five years, his Herculean journey defeated by Russian bureaucracy and red tape.
Filed under: Russian Federation, Red Corner
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Razib Ahmed Apr 16th 2006 5:15AM
It is indeed a very sad matter and thanks a lot to Neil Woodburn for reproting this matter. However, I am surprised that Karl Bushby did not think of this problem in advance. If I start walking and enter in USA without visa I am sure that the US authority will do the same. Then, Karl Bushby and I are not same. ANyway, I wish that media takes the issue and helps Karl Bushby.