As Pryanishnikov noted, an unfamiliar young man joined the woman and her companion, heading for the metropolitan area known as “The Pit” on Khokhlovskaya Square.

The man talked to them, and after offered to drink soda.

“He held out the bottle, and, strictly speaking, this is the last thing they remembered. The next thing they remember is that they woke up in the hospital, ”the lawyer said.