The abductee was later identified as Areg Shchepikhin

On the evening of June 3 at Yaroslavsky Railway Station in central Moscow, armed men in black grabbed a man and forced him into the trunk of a Mercedes with flashers and AMR license plates, which are often used by law enforcers, Baza reported. According to eyewitnesses, the kidnapped man shouted that it was not the police who grabbed him and called for help, but no one helped him.