This is the moment a Russian man assaults his 20-year-old girlfriend and drags her into their apartment by her hair amid claims he also raped her when a test confirmed she was pregnant.

Natalya Vorobyova from the city of Voronezh in the Russian region of Voronezh Oblast has accused her now ex-boyfriend of regular domestic violence and rape during their three-and-half-year relationship.

The young woman claimed her former partner, name not reported, promised to not assault her ever again after every alleged attack, but would always resort to violence.

According to the news site Life, during the last incident, he demanded that Natalya take a pregnancy test and she agreed. When the test was positive, he alleged reacted angrily and beat and raped her.

Natalya said: “He broke a tooth, broke my nose, I didn’t even understand what was happening to me.

“At one point he told me to come out of the bathroom, take off my clothes, lie on the sofa, and spread my legs”, adding that he threatened her with a knife.

Natalya said the suspect’s mother lived on the same floor, but always took her son’s side, adding that she refused to help her after she was allegedly raped.

However, the suspect’s mother has claimed that Natalya was the jealous one in the relationship and that she used to track her ex-boyfriend’s movements and lived at his expense.

The mother said: “My opinion is that this is a performance. Nobody dragged her by her hair. Do you know what people tell me? That she is doing this for attention now.”

According to Life, Natalya turned to the police. However, based on the results of a forensic examination, they refused to open a criminal case.

The young woman’s lawyer Eduard Filonov appealed against the decision, and, as a result, it was overturned and evidence has been sent for verification.