23-year-old Lviv blogger Andrey Gavrilov, who drove his car into a protected area near Lake Morskie Oko in Poland, was banned from entering the country for five years. After a loud scandal, Polish authorities decided to add the influencer to the list of undesirable persons.

This was announced by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Poland Marcin Kierwinski on the social network X. According to the official, the blogger will be prosecuted for violating public order..

“The perpetrator of the raid on Morskie Oko will be held accountable. Due to a violation of public order, at the request of the police, he will be added to the list of undesirable persons with a ban on entry into the territory of the Republic of Poland for 5 years. Violation of the law will always meet with severe reactions,” the official wrote..

The incident occurred on May 22. Andrey Gavrilov and his girlfriend drove a Chevrolet Corvette into the territory of the Tatra National Park, where Lake Morskoe Oko is located. Private cars are prohibited from entering this area - tourists can only get there on foot, shuttles or horse-drawn carriages. The blogger himself published photos and videos of the trip on social networks.. In one of the pictures he posed near a car against the backdrop of a lake.. The influencer also said that he and his girlfriend became “the first people in history” to drive into Morskie Oko by car..

First, after the publicity, the local police fined the Ukrainian 100 zlotys and counted eight penalty points. However, in Poland, such a punishment caused a wave of criticism, because for such a violation a fine of up to 5 thousand zlotys is provided..

Subsequently, Roman Wieczorek, a representative of the Zakopane police (the city near which Morskie Oko is located), explained that law enforcement officers at first did not know that the blogger had driven directly to the lake. “The driver explained that he had just turned around right under the barrier - hence the 100 zlotys. The police did not know anything that he was near Morskie Oko,” the speaker said.

According to him, after the photos appeared on social networks, it became clear that the blogger had misled the police. In this case, the car could be towed and the case could be taken to court..

Andrei Gavrilov himself, after a wave of criticism, asked for forgiveness from the Poles and said that he allegedly did not notice the sign prohibiting entry. “I want to apologize to the Poles, because I just didn’t know that it was forbidden to enter there,” the blogger wrote.

After reports of a five-year ban on entry into Poland, Gavrilov posted a short reaction on Instagram.

“I heard the news, I know about the entry ban for 5 years, but nevertheless, tomorrow I will give an official comment on my own,” said the blogger.

At the same time, Suspilne published another comment by Gavriliv regarding the incident: “I went to Poland, bought cars for the boys with the money I earned, walked around Poland for two days. I was deported, despite the fact that I was already in Ukraine, and was banned from entering for 5 years."