The abduction took place on September 10, two days after the encounter that preceded it, according to the account Angelina gave to Vot Tak. The outlet said journalists could not independently confirm a link between her refusal to get acquainted and the abduction, and that it is withholding the name of the city at her request.

Angelina said the events began on September 8, when she pulled into a store parking lot and a man in military uniform approached her, suggested they get acquainted and "go for a ride somewhere." She refused, and the man then began asking about her tattoos, saying he had seen "Nazi symbols" among them.

She went into the store and later saw the same man near the entrance. According to her account, he shouted "Glory to Ukraine" and then said that in Ukraine "they cut those khokhols with knives." As she drove out of the parking lot, she noticed the serviceman's car following her. She circled the streets for a while to avoid revealing her address, after which the car disappeared from view.

Two days later, Angelina arrived at a gym. As soon as she got out of her car, two men in masks and military uniform ran up to her, seized her and dragged her into a black Nissan, where two others were waiting — a driver in military uniform and a man in civilian clothes.

The man in civilian clothes introduced himself as a security services officer and showed an ID for a few seconds. Angelina's phone was taken from her. According to her, he said a "signal" had come in about her and that there were grounds to believe she intended to join the Freedom of Russia Legion, which fights on Ukraine's side.

After a while, the abductors demanded she put a sack over her head. By Angelina's account, they first drove her around the city and then took her outside it, onto a dirt road. The abductors questioned her about Ukraine and the Ukrainian Armed Forces, about her phone subscriptions, and asked about her tattoos, relatives, ex-husbands and boyfriend.

According to Angelina, the men knew household details she had not posted on social media. They asked separately why she had visited the RDK website three years ago, why she followed resources linked to it and whether she had transferred money to anyone. She told journalists that her father served in BARS and has awards.

At one point the car stopped and another man whose face she did not see got in next to Angelina. "Here, we're going to put handcuffs on you now, we'll hit you with electric shocks, why aren't you talking?" she relayed his words. When she suggested the abduction was connected to the serviceman from the parking lot, the men, by her description, only smirked.

The abductors also threatened to "pin prostitution on her" and accuse her of other crimes. In the end, Angelina was dropped off across the road from the building where she effectively lives. The apartment is not legally tied to her and she is registered elsewhere, so she does not know how the abductors learned the address.

Before releasing her, they returned her phone and gave her 500 rubles for a taxi. She was told not to file a statement and not to go to the police. Angelina did not contact the police. She does not know what to do if these people show up again.