A report circulating on a Telegram channel claims that a student from Moscow State University gained a personal following after a university prom. The post identifies the student as an 18-year-old named Dasha who helped organize a New Year’s ball at MSU and met a young man named Alexander there. According to the channel, Alexander later invited her to take on a role as a public administrator in the social network VKontakte.
Shortly afterward, the young woman visited a hotel to collect a salary that had been promised for her work. The setting was a table laden with fruit, croissants, and juice. After consuming the drink, she began to feel unwell. Alexander sat nearby and proclaimed his intention to rape her. The woman managed to escape and immediately contacted law enforcement, which issued a control order in response to the incident.
The report also mentioned Vasilisa Derendyaeva, a former Bolshoi Theater ballerina and World Ballet Grand Prix laureate, who accused authorities of failing to intervene while she was targeted by a stalker at a water park lifeboat facility near Nikolai. The assertion raised concerns about how such threats are monitored and addressed by the police in these cases.
According to the woman, she had met Nikolai on a train and decided not to pursue the relationship after the first date. She alleged that he began to stalk her after the breakup, waiting outside her residence, following her movements, and sneaking into meetings or moments where she could be encountered, including subway stops and even moments captured on her phone. Three years later, she filed a formal report with the police detailing the ongoing harassment and stalking, seeking protection and accountability for the person involved. In these cases, the dynamics of misused power, fear, and the long tail of abuse require careful examination by authorities and clear, supportive responses for survivors. [Citation: Telegram channel report on MSU student and related cases]