How did the two Russians and the Ukrainian get inside the weapons factory in Gramsh? Mikhail Zorin's statement is clarified: the Russian secret service requested...

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How did the two Russians and the Ukrainian get inside the weapons factory in
Svetlana Timofeeva / Mikhail Zorin

Top Channel exclusively has the file in charge of Svetlana Timofeeva, Fedir Alpatov and Mikhail Zorin, two Russians and a Ukrainian, accused of being collaborators of the Russian secret services operating outside the territory of the Russian Federal Republic, caught in the former arms factory in Gramsh.

In his testimony, Mikhail Zorin has stated how he came to Albania by bicycle as a collaborator of the Russian secret services 'to make a photographic overview of military facilities in their current state'. He declares that he met Fedir Alpatov on social networks 8 years ago, while he contacted Svetlana Timofeeva for the first time, four years ago with messages, they discussed that it would be nice to do things together and they met for the first time. seen three years ago.

He tells how they managed to get inside the plant in Gramsh and that the FSB had not given him concrete objectives on which base he would focus. They told him to try to get as much information as he could from military targets in Albania, or critical infrastructure. As such mission, he chose according to his mind some abandoned military sites and in order to complete the mission given by the FSB and at the same time choose easy targets so as not to endanger himself too much, through targets of hardly military. According to the tasks given, "they would contact me in September 2022 and he would give them the photos via the Telegram application," he declared.

"He crossed the border to Albania on July 30, 2022 by bicycle, stayed one night in Shkodër at the River Camping, by the river in the Baçallek district, behind Avullia Oil, and then headed to Tirana. On the way, both wheels of his bike were punctured, so he took a taxi to Tirana. The taxi cost 7,000 lek, which he paid in cash. I had Albanian lek, because he had exchanged them in Shkodër. All the money was his, the FSB did not sponsor him at all. He explains that, if they had sponsored him, he would have taken a car. In Tirana, he stayed three nights in a room in a small apartment which he got on AirBnb and paid with a credit card the amount of 400 Czech crowns, about 16 euros per night. He stayed alone in the room. In Tirana he visited several museums, BunkART 1 and 2, went on a bicycle tour visiting bars, restaurants, the castle and the city in general. In Tirana, he also repaired the bicycle on the first day.

After three nights in the apartments in Tirana, Mikhail Zorin stayed at a campsite in Tirana, the "Dajti" campsite, for two nights. During these days near the lake of Bovilla, after seeing it on the map and thought to look at it, 'since I had read that there was a lookout point'. He was alone in Boville. After that he went by bike to Elbasan, Pogradec, Maliq, Korçë and then returned to Moglica. He stayed very little in these cities and ate soufflés, bought food in supermarkets, looked around the city a bit and then continued with his journey. He chose a route through the mountains to Çorovodë, because it was the shortest route. After that he went to Berat where he stayed in a hostel and then to Vlora.

In Vlora, stay one night at the "Eco Camping" campsite, which is about 2 kilometers north of Vlora. After Vlora, he went to Saranda, from Llogaraja. He stayed one night in Gjipe. On the way to Saranda, he slept alone, in his tent that he had with him. In Saranda, he took the bus to Durrës, where he would meet Fedor and Svetlana. While he was in Albania he contacted Fedor and Svetlana who had expressed their desire to join him in Albania. Fedor arrived from Italy by ferry on August 18 and Svetlana on August 17 by plane from Tbilisi, Georgia.

Citizen Mikhail Zorin explains that he has known Fedor on the social network vk.com for eight years and had never met him in person until they met in Albania, they had common interests in chemistry and then urbex. In the field of chemistry, they did experiments at home, for example, fireworks, mixing substances.

As for Svetlana, he contacted her for the first time, four years ago with messages, they discussed that it would be nice to do things together and they met for the first time three years ago.

In Durrës, Mikhail Zorin had booked an apartment with Airbnb, for which he paid 400 korunas/night, by card.

After meeting Fedor with Svetlana in Durrës, they decided to visit old bunkers in Durrës together, but there was only concrete left and they were destroyed. Some goats lived in some of them. After that they went to Tirana where they stayed in a hotel one night. The next day they went to Elbasan in Fedor's car, an orange Chevrolet Camaro with two doors.

After Elbasan, they slept one night near Banja lake and the next day they went to Gramsh. On the way to Gramsh, Mikhail Zorin took some photos, mainly of the old factory in Elbasan, e.g. the fireplace.

When they were staying in the tent near Banja lake, it started raining and they went to see the Cekin military base, hoping that the rain would stop. After staying a few minutes, the rain was not stopping, they decided to go for lunch, for pizza in Gramsh. During lunch they discussed what they would do after the rain.

After the rain stopped, they went again to the military base of Cekin, Gramsh, from the side where the houses of the villagers are. There they saw a crack in the fence and decided to go inside. After going inside together, they saw some old military buildings. Mikhail Zorin points out that the buildings were old, made of bricks and it was not obvious that they are military buildings. They stayed inside for about 90 minutes. They saw that the buildings were abandoned, not functional, everything rusted. Over the course of 90 minutes, Mikhail Zorin says he saw three buildings in total, full of old and rusted metal machinery. To get in, he did not break down any doors, but entered through the windows that were without glass. He explains that he does not know how Fedor and Svetlana entered the buildings, because they were far from each other. He didn't see any guards and didn't take anything, but he took pictures.

The declarant says that they were spotted by the Albanian security forces. They ran away, each in different directions. They do not know in which direction Fedor fled with Svetlana. He himself got out of the base by jumping over the fence. The guards drove up to him when he left the base, yelled at him and got out of the car, he panicked and I had a pepper spray with me which he kept for self-defense. He used the sprite against two military base security officers, who grabbed him, told him to lie face down on the ground.

The declarant clarifies that the FSB had not given him concrete objectives on which basis he would focus. They told him to try to get as much information as he could from military targets in Albania, or critical infrastructure. As such mission, he chose according to his mind some abandoned military sites and in order to complete the mission given by the FSB and at the same time choose easy targets so as not to endanger himself too much, through targets of hardly military. According to the tasks given, they would contact me in September 2022 and he would give them the photos via the Telegram application" - it is said in the file provided by Top Channel.


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