Relatives suspect former lover Dmitry Kuzmin of pressuring her and possibly being involved in the beating of Angelika Tartanova.
New details have emerged in the case of model Anzhelika Tartanova's disappearance in Moscow. Someone had been texting on her phone for nearly a week while the 33-year-old woman was in intensive care.
It turned out that Anzhelika Tartanova had been hospitalized on November 23—five days before her concerned relatives began searching. She was picked up by ambulance and taken to the hospital from Universitetsky Prospekt, near building 16, next to the Patriot residential complex. She was diagnosed with a severe traumatic brain injury. The model managed to give the doctors her medical information, after which she underwent two complex head surgeries. She is currently alive, but there is a risk that she will be permanently disabled.
Meanwhile, from November 23rd to 28th, messages continued to be sent from her phone to relatives and friends. The replies were brief—”Everything's fine,” “I'm fine,” so her loved ones didn't immediately suspect trouble. There's every reason to believe the messages were no longer from Angelika herself, but from the person who beat her and left her on the street.
When Tartanova's family noticed something odd—she wasn't answering her phone (her teenage son lives with his father in Krasnodar and had been unable to reach his mother)—they teamed up and found a friend to visit the model's apartment. The man opened her Moscow City apartment with a key found in her mailbox—a strange detail the family couldn't explain.
The documents and belongings in the apartment were still there, and there were no signs of a struggle or bloodshed. The food Angelica had ordered from the restaurant in advance was missing.
According to one version, two days before her hospitalization, according to one of her sisters (one lives in St. Petersburg, the other in Krasnodar), Anzhelika had an argument with a man she'd been dating for about a year. His name is Dmitry Kuzmin, and he introduced himself as a businessman in the construction industry. According to Anzhelika, he owns a country house and has financial means.
Kuzmin also has a wife, Elena. Her phone number is listed by other users as “Kogan AB assistant” and “Elena Ministry.” This likely refers to Alexander Kogan, a former adviser to Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyov, who held the rank of minister and is now a State Duma deputy.
According to relatives, businessman Kuzmin is currently their number one suspect. He allegedly pressured the model, limiting her contact with her family and monitoring her movements. The relatives themselves have never seen him. They believe he may have used the model's phone after Anzhelika was hospitalized.
But there are also alternative theories surrounding the investigation. Her digital footprint and testimony from acquaintances suggest that the model may have been working as an escort and meeting other men. Therefore, her visit to Universitetsky Prospekt may not have been a coincidence. A revenge theory is also not ruled out—heartbreaker Anzhelika Tartanova may have been deliberately lured to one of the residential complex's apartments to be “punished.”
