Baby in the center of the investigation into alleged cult manager in Argentina

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in Argentina, the health system was already on alert when a pregnant Russian appeared in the hospital with two other women on March 21 to give birth to her child. The group had seen the staff in the Patagonian Bariloche four days earlier. At that time it was difficult for women to answer questions about their place of residence and their relationship with each other. The 22-year-old mother seemed nervous and malnourished, and her companions left her no room according to the police and public prosecutor's reports.

name of the surname rudnev

The companions of the pregnant women urged the doctors to document the surname of the baby as Rudnev - the name of a notorious alleged cult manager who is active in the country and whose paternity they insisted. This emerges from reports from the public prosecutor.

arrest of the alleged cult guide

A week later, the Argentine police Konstantin Rudnev discovered one of the city's airports and arrested him. This was part of a wave of arrests on this day, in which over a dozen Russian citizens were arrested that are associated with his group. The two women who accompanied the pregnant woman to the hospital were also arrested in their shared apartment during a raid.

Potential victims of Rudnevs Ashram Shambala

According to the Argentinian prosecutor Fernando Arrigo, the pregnant woman could have been a victim of Rudnevs Ashram Shambala, an organization that is referred to by Russian authorities. So far, neither Rudnev nor his accomplices in Argentina have been charged for crime because criminal investigations in this country begin with arrests and investigations before formal charges are collected.

examination of a criminal organization

Arrigo's office checks the possibility that the mother and her newborn were involved in a system under compulsion to enable Rudnev to enable Argentine citizenship by being born in the country. In Argentina, 21 Russian citizens are examined as part of a criminal organization that is accused of recruiting a 22-year-old woman from Russia for the purposes of human trade and slavery.

rudnevs bizarre teach

The Rudnev, trained in mechanical engineering, who became a religious leader, founded the religious group Ashram Shambala in 1989. According to the Russian news agency Ria Novosti, he claimed that he was a "extraterrestrial of Sirius", a Messiah to save people. The sect once had a presence and up to 30,000 members in 18 regions of Russia, including Moscow and St. Petersburg. Many of them stopped contact with their families and joined the group to pay homage to their founder.

judicial disputes and punishments

rudnev spread his teachings and gained supporters through yoga classes, according to the Russian authorities who investigate him. In his book "The Way of the Fools" he mocked the desire to start a family. According to Russian reports, the judiciary had previously tried to bring Rudnev to court, but the proceedings failed because his supporters refused.

arrests and discoveries

On March 28, the Rudnev police and eight other people arrested at Bariloche Airport. According to reports, he tried to injure himself, with the public prosecutor found that all arrested women showed “signs of malnutrition”, similar to those who had alerted the hospital staff in Bariloche. A search of their cell phones revealed that "food rations and purchases of different products were approved and the mandatory fasting were ordered as punishment".

Surprising finds during searches

The authorities also discovered more than a hundred cocaine tablets, a satellite phone, a dozen cell phones, almost $ 1,000 in Argentine pesos and other currencies in some of the travelers and in their apartments. The real estate and mattresses had all the darkened windows and mattresses on the ground, according to the public prosecutor's office.