Image copyright Channel One Image caption Timur Siraziev's report from outside the Berkshire base was broadcast on Russia's Channel One A Russian TV reporter who triggered a security alerting has denied trying to infiltrate a British Army base.
Timur Siraziev, of Channel One, was assured outside 77 Brigade's Berkshire base with a camera crew, the Mail on Sunday reported.
It led to an urgent warning at every base in the country not to approach Mr Siraziev if alone, but to contact police, the paper said.
The 77 Brigade works in social media and psychological operations.
Mr Siraziev told the RIA Novosti news agency the crew had been operating openly, on public land, and “did not try to penetrate the base”.
He said: “I came to the checkpoint, introduced myself, that I was Timur Siraziev, a journalist for Channel One, said that we wanted to talk.”
