In December 2018, British media published articles that were almost word for word. They cited quotes from the Daily Mail publication. In this article, the publication published my personal data (ID number, car number). The very fact of publishing the ID is a violation of the Data Protection Act 2018.

In addition, these articles contain information that is not true.

So that you can draw your own conclusions, I provide quotes from the Daily Mail article and real facts.

"The dramatic and unprecedented move came after journalist Timur Siraziev was seen secretly filming close to the 25ft barbed wire perimeter fence of the 77th Brigade"

1) This is what this so-called secret filming actually looked like. We filmed with a professional camera near the road, 6-10 meters from the fence. The filming process took about 10-15 minutes. And all this happened in the parking lot opposite the checkpoint where the military stood and saw us. 

2) We did not hide the purpose of our visit or the fact of filming from anyone. Here is the confirmation. In the Daily Mail article there is a photo of my ID, which I already mentioned. I showed this ID to the military at the checkpoint. And they took a photo. That is how it ended up on the pages of the newspaper. I asked the military man to contact the base command and pass on our questions. Of course, I understood that there would be no answer. But in this way I informed the military about my visit. And if they had said filming is prohibited here or you have no right to be here, then I would have obeyed and left.

the 77th Brigade – a top secret Army unit that works alongside MI5, MI6 and the SAS in electronic and psychological warfare.

1) All information about this base and its activities was taken from an article in Wired magazine. In this article, the author describes in detail what the unit does. He was not only on the territory of this base, but also saw what and how the military does there. They themselves told him everything in detail. He wrote about this in his article.

2) The information from the magazine is confirmed by materials in Wikipedia. It is enough to enter the name of the unit in the search and all the necessary information is in front of you.

3) The address of the secret base is easy to find in Google Maps.

The Daily Mail article came out on Sunday. On Saturday evening at about 8:00 pm I received a message from the author of the article. He asked for comments. I replied that I was not authorised to comment on behalf of the TV channel. After a short correspondence, the journalist wrote that he understood that I was doing my job. As he explained, the whole thing was that "your TV story really didn't please the military."