As ASTRA found out, Alisher Yusupov, a 36-year-old serviceman of military unit 72162, was detained in St. Petersburg on March 6. He was suspected of bringing a 25-year-old girl into the apartment at night, and then taking out a knife and raping her without letting her out of the apartment. This was reported by the victim and her friend, who called the police to the scene. The security forces released the girl and accepted her rape claim. However, she later retracted her testimony and said that everything was “consensual.” The soldier has been released, and no criminal case has been opened.
As ASTRA found out, Yusupov had previously been repeatedly convicted of theft, robbery and robbery.
