In Samara, the former media manager of Volzhskaya Kommuna newspaper entered a sex shop on Novo-Vokzalnaya Street and assaulted a salesperson with a blue shoehorn after the employee failed to speak English. This incident occurred around 6:00 a.m. on April 7, 2023, according to coverage from a Telegram channel On Mash. The assailant demanded that the employee understand him as he spoke in English, and when the staff member could not respond in kind, the man became aggressive. He forced the worker to lie face down, shouted a demand to learn English, and repeatedly struck the employee with the shoehorn before leaving the store in a hasty manner.
The victim managed to escape during the ordeal. The perpetrator subsequently purchased several laptops and departed from the shop. Law enforcement officials from the Main Directorate of the Samara Region confirmed that the suspect was detained after a case was initiated. A criminal case was opened under Part 2 of Article 162 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which covers robbery. Investigators stated that the man is a local resident with no prior criminal record and that the laptops were recovered as evidence.
Earlier reports described another incident in which a resident of Kazan, described as persistent, threatened to assault a sex shop employee and then fled from authorities. The latest events add to a series of confrontations linked to criminal conduct in retail settings across the region.