A woman of Russian nationality sent a letter to the judge investigating the alleged cult that had sexually exploited several people in San Carlos de Bariloche, and emphasized that she does not feel like a “victim.” According to information from the Argentine News Agency, this is Elena Makarova, who submitted a manuscript to Federal Guarantees Judge Gustavo Zapata and requested to be removed from the case: “I do not consider myself a victim and never was.” In this regard, the young woman insisted that she has no “claims against anyone” and does not wish to participate “in the process as a victim,” while adding that before the case became public, she “lived freely, went where she wanted.” “I ask to be removed from the list of victims in this case,” Makarova requested, accusing the prosecution of “inventing arguments” to carry out her detention and stating that Argentina treated her “unjustly.” According to Elena's testimony, she was kidnapped in a place she could not leave: “I could not speak Spanish” and was only allowed to talk to her mother for “20 or 30 minutes a day”: “I am glad to be home.” Meanwhile, the defense of Konstantin Rudnev, the alleged leader of the organization who is detained in the Rawson prison, informed NA that it is “false” that the implicated person has an international arrest warrant, as “there are currently no legal grounds for it.” A document from the Montenegro Police incorporated into the file refutes this situation and clarifies that it is a request for a statement as a citizen in relation to the investigation for an alleged economic crime.
