Patrol service officers then approached the woman and announced her detention, the group said. They removed the badge and took her bag, phone and documents.
Yana was first taken to the Kitay-Gorod police station and then transferred to the Arbat station, where she was held for several hours, insulted and subjected to psychological pressure, according to the initiative group.
During the detention, security officers suggested she sign a contract, telling her there would "at least be some use" from her. At the police station she was also pressed to sign a "voluntary consent" to a search of her apartment. She refused to do so without a lawyer.
She was released by evening, but half an hour later calls began demanding she return to the police. The next day, October 17, Yana was summoned again. Officers from the Center E unit, which handles extremism cases, arrived at the station and examined her phone.
After the phone check, the woman was threatened with reports under articles on the "public display of Nazi symbols" and the "search for knowingly extremist materials," as well as an article on "discrediting" the army. The stated reason was a saved audio recording by the band Pornofilmy, which Yana had listened to through headphones and never published anywhere.
According to the initiative group, she was given no procedural documents or reports. The woman is currently in contact with a human rights advocate.