April 20, 2015 (Moscow, Russia)

Nathalie Petrakova

Moscow, Russia 2015

I am Nathalia Petrakova, a 19-year-old Russian woman and I look for husband in different country for better life for me. I go to Moscow for meeting men for marriage. That is where I meet with Sergi. 

I come from poor village, Zarnista, with mother, father and two brothers. Father want that I stay in village and marry Viktor, fathers friend. I do not want this. So I look for different way. I can not pay for study, I can not leave fathers house. 

In Olgino, I meet man, Sergi at gym who tell me I can meet rich British man on internet for marrying. But I must first take pictures and write story of me for website. 

Sergi is Russian man, same age as father, maybe 45. Sergi has dark beard and round belly. He wears leather coat and dark pants. His hair is dark as beard, and eyes dark like night. Sergi is not tall, but very big man, maybe 1,70 tall and 100kg. 

I say yes to pictures and story; Sergi says I must come to Radisson Slavyankskaya Hotel in Moscow for making pictures and meeting other girls who want rich husband. 

On February 26 I take train to Moscow Kiyevsky Station and walk to hotel. Hotel is 500 meter walking from train. I go to room 168 in hotel; there I meet Sergi. Sergi is nice, and introduce me to other girls. We were five girls, all Russian. 

I make pictures, make story and make fun. It was nice time. After pictures, I go back to fathers house and I wait.

In one month on March 28th I get call from Sergi; there is man wants to meet me. Man is called John. Sergi says John is asking many questions and wants to see me. So I must go back to hotel on April 1st and make video call to John. Sergi will translate for John.  

I feel excited. Again I take train to Moscow, I go to hotel and meet Sergi. We are in room 168 again, and Sergi has laptop on desk. Video program is running and Sergi tells me, I must be very kind. I speak very poorly English, but I do best. 

John calls with video program. He is old, fat, bald ,white British man. But I must not show disgust; he can make me better life than in Russia. John say he live in London and he show me out window, I see many buildings,  is beautiful. My heart happy for chance for better life. 

I not understand much of what John and Sergi say, but I feel happy. John is nice, he wants wife to cook, clean and have the sex with. I know this, and is ok. I can learn English, and maybe I can go school. 

When done talking with John, Sergi says I must go to lobby and wait for him. So I do, I take lift and go to lobby. I wait at bar is 6:30 pm and I have drink. Soon, two mans come to me and take me by arms. They are large mans. Man on left is 2meter tall, and 150kg. Very, very big man with blonde hair and blue eyes. He wears jeans and leather coat. Man on right is smaller than man on left, maybe 185cm 95kg, but dark hair. I did not see eyes, but he to wear jeans and leather coat.

These mans say, I must go with them, but I protest I am not ready to go, I must wait for Sergi for to hear if John want to marry me. Man on left say I no wait; I go now.

They pull me to outside hotel; there is car. Blue car, four doors with driver inside. Driver is young, 30 years, and having long brown hair and pink shirt. The mans push me in car, and we go driving. We drive to bus station; I know Moscow not good, I know street names not. 

Around 8 pm we arrive at bus station on Uralskaya Ul with two mans, tall man speaks to shorter mans and tells him Elena waits in Prague for us.  I see there are many buses waiting to depart station. Shorter man, still holding tight to my arms says come.  He pulls me to bus and gets on bus with me. I say I wait for Sergi and John who wants to marry me, and short man says John waits for me in London, and I must take bus now. 

I want to go to John, but I must say goodbye to family. Short man say no, and we must get on bus now. 

I do not understand why so hurry. But I want better life, so I go on bus with short man. Short man is named, Andrei. We sit on back of bus and at 8:45 on April 1st bus leaves from Moscow. Andrei says bus goes to Prague where he give me to Elena, and she brings me to London to meet John. 

Soon, I see, there is no husband with better life for me.

Sincerely, 

Nathalie Petrakova