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The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia requests a report on violation of rights of orphan children in the Republic of Bashkortostan

A number of media outlets published an appeal addressed to the leadership of the Investigative Committee of Russia from orphans of Baymak District of the Republic of Bashkortostan, who were allocated houses unfit for habitation. It is noted that the houses have leaking roofs, no hot and cold water supply and a number of other deficiencies. The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Republic of Bashkortostan initiated a criminal case under Paragraph C of Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (abuse of power).

The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia instructed the head of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Republic of Bashkortostan Chernyaev D.N. to report on the investigative actions taken and put the progress of the investigation under control in the Central Office of the agency.

According to the investigation, in 2017 between the administration of Baymak district and an individual entrepreneur signed municipal contracts for the purchase of new housing in two apartment buildings in Baymak to provide orphans and children left without parental care, for a total amount of over 7.6 million rubles. According to the municipal contracts, the apartments purchased met the sanitary and technical requirements for living quarters. Subsequently, these apartments were handed over under contracts of rent to orphans. However, the results of an independent expert study revealed manufacturing defects committed during construction, violations of sanitary and epidemiological requirements and fire safety requirements, in addition, some apartments were deemed unfit for year-round living. According to preliminary estimates, the total cost of reconstruction work is more than 1.8 million rubles.

At present, the head of the investigative department in cooperation with criminal investigators conducted a personal reception of the recipients of housing, inspections of housing are conducted with the participation of specialists, the necessary organizational and administrative and technical documentation on municipal contracts is demanded in the district administration, the management and employees of the administration are questioned, the persons responsible for the violations are identified.

Measures are taken to restore violated rights as soon as possible.