French climber Alain Robert, also known as Spiderman, spoke to RT about his plans to scale Russia's tallest skyscraper, using just his bare hands and climbing shoes.  The 45-year-old was supposed to tackle the building on Sunday.

Russia Today: The Federation tower of the Moscow City Business Complex, which you will attempt to conquer on Sunday, has a smooth facade.  How are you going to climb it?

Alain Robert: Well, I went yesterday to check out the building. Also, I was there a few weeks ago and I saw it was possible to make it. Now one of my concerns is about the weather, because yesterday when I went for the try, it was very windy and there were some showers. But I think, and I am hoping, that tomorrow the weather is going to be ok.

RT: You said you saw it yesterday and you think you can do it. But since the building is so smooth, how do you plan to scale it?

A.R.: On the edge of the building there is some stuff I can grab hold of, so I can use these to move on and on from the bottom to the top.  I’d like to say that it’s not going to be easy, but it’s going to be medium, like five on a scale of one to ten.

RT: Are there any safety precautions in place?

A.R.: No, I won’t use any safety precautions. You know, I consider that my safety is my mind – one of the cheapest insurances on Earth.

RT: Have you ever had any accidents?  

A.R.: Well, I fell a few times. You know, it’s been a long time now since I started climbing. And I got injured quite a lot: I broke my both wrists. I was in a coma for some time. I got so many bones broken that it’s difficult for me to describe.  Doctors said that I was not going to come back. But I was so motivated – I was young, and it was nearly my whole life.  And I decided I was going to fight very hard and climb again.  

RT: Do you have special techniques to fall down as well?  

A.R.: Oh, no. You see, when you are falling you are like a stone and you can’t do anything – you are just falling and then crash on the ground, on the stone. That time when I fell there were some stones, and that’s why I was injured.  

RT: How did you get into it in the first place?   

A.R.: It was a kind of dream.  As a young boy I was afraid of everything, I had a big lack of self-confidence. But still I was playing at being a hero – as Robin Hood, Zorro.  And I wanted to become brave and courageous.  Once I saw a movie on TV about a climber.  I was really inspired by that film and decided to become a climber when I grew up.   

RT: You've been arrested for your climbs in the past?

A.R.: Well, not that often, 100 times.  I went to jail. And recently I was jailed in China.  But that’s kind of unusual and an interesting experience, because you meet other people with a different way of thinking.  You know, it’s fun.

RT: Moscow authorities are known to be extra strict when it comes to doing things on the streets and in public places. Do you have permission to climb the building?  

A.R.: In Moscow I’ve got all of the approvals. I'm sure that tomorrow night I won’t be at Lubyanka.  But I'm not willing to break the law in Moscow, especially since I’d like to get your approval to climb that famous obelisk – on Victory Square. It’s a fantastic one.  For more than 12 years I've really wanted to climb it.  Recently I met one of the Duma deputies and he said he was going to apply to Moscow’s mayor, which would increase my chances of climbing that obelisk.