Overview
- Investigators in Moscow detained a taxi driver and filed a charge under Part 1 of Article 132 after an 18-year-old passenger reported sexual violence inside the vehicle.
- Officials said initial investigative actions were completed and they will petition a Moscow court to remand the driver in pretrial detention.
- The Interior Ministry reported a separate arrest after a man allegedly attacked a passenger in the Prospekt Mira station passage of the Moscow Metro.
- The metro incident led to a criminal case under Article 115 for intentional infliction of minor bodily harm, and emergency responders treated the victim.
- Police also drew up an administrative protocol for public intoxication under Article 20.21, and the metro suspect was taken to a precinct for further proceedings.