The key facts

  • A taxi driver in the Moscow region pressured a female passenger to use drugs and suggested a threesome
  • At the end of the trip he demanded 500 rubles or 'to give him a good time,' although he had initially promised a free ride
  • The woman spoke about what happened almost two years later and urged people not to get into strangers' cars

What happened

In the Moscow region, a driver who gave a young woman a ride pressured her to use drugs, suggested a threesome, and issued an ultimatum at the end of the trip. This was reported by the Telegram channel 'Ostorozhno, Petersburg', which is cited by Gazeta.Ru. The incident itself took place back in February of last year, but the woman only spoke about it now.

How the ride unfolded

According to the woman, she had arrived in the Moscow region and was waiting a long time for a taxi when a stranger in a car pulled up nearby and offered her a ride — she agreed. During the trip, an ordinary conversation, as she recounts, turned frightening: the driver began discussing drugs and describing the sensations of sex while under prohibited substances. The passenger replied that she was not into such things, and the man went quiet for a while, but then began offering her drugs and suggesting they go to her place or to her friend's to have a threesome.

The ultimatum and the reaction

The woman refused again and, by her own account, was so frightened that her hands were shaking — she asked her friend to monitor her location. At the end of the trip, the driver issued an ultimatum: either transfer him 500 rubles or 'give him a good time,' even though he had initially offered to drive her for free. After the incident, the woman urged everyone never to get into strangers' cars.

Context and what remains unknown

Gazeta.Ru notes that earlier in Moscow, a taxi driver sexually assaulted a passenger during a ride. As for the Moscow-region case, it is known only from the woman's own account, published almost two years after the incident: the reports do not mention any police complaint, any case being opened, or any measures taken against the driver — these questions remain open.