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Buryatia investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee during an investigation in the death of a 7-year-old girl that died in the family of her guardian have launched a criminal investigation into negligence of officials of guardianship authorities who had to have monitor the child (part 1 of article 293 of the RF Penal Code – improper performance of duty by an official due to negligent attitude to service).

We remind that in late September 2014, a 37-year-old woman took into her care the girl from a rehabilitation center in one of districts of Buryatia. She brought the child to the town of Ulan-Ude and rented there a flat. A few days later the girl started to suffer from rash. The foster mother did not take her to a doctor. She tried to treat the girl herself but to no results. The girl became worse and soon she had bleeding sores on her skin and she developed a high fever. The girl cried all the time, but despite her sufferings, the woman still did not take her to a doctor. On 9 December, at night, the girl writhed with death convulsions and died in the small hours. The woman packed her things and wanted to escape from the town, leaving the girl’s body behind, but at that moment she was caught by the owner of the flat, who came to collect the rent.

The woman was charged with a crime under paragraphs “c” and “e” of part 2 of article 105 of the RF Penal Code (murder of a small child with especial cruelty). She is held in custody. Investigative operations are underway, including a forensic psychiatric expert examination to determine the state of health and psychological features of the accused.

It should be noted that in August 2013, the woman took a 10-year-old girl from the same rehabilitation center. She passed the child to her mother to raise.

In addition investigators are finding out if the actions of officials who had given the girl to the family of the accused complied with the law and if they had monitored the situation in the family. Besides prosecution of those responsible, the investigators are going to carefully study the reasons and conditions that contributed to the crime and file requests to eliminate them with the guardianship authorities.

Besides, there are two more facts of negligence of officials. One of them took place on 16 December 2014, at around 5:30 PM, when a 14-year-old boy was delivered to Kyakhta district hospital with a penetrating wound in the head. The boy was wounded during a school hobby group firing lesson in a shooting gallery. Buryatia investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee have launched a criminal investigation against the head of the school hobby group responsible for ensuring the safety of students during lessons and suspected of a crime under part 1 of article 293 of the RF Penal Code.

According to investigators, the hobby group Young Patriot was set up in one of Kyakhta schools in September 2013. There were lectures, excursions and introductory classes with firearms, including firing an air rifle in the shooting gallery. A 47-year-old life safety teacher was appointed the head of the hobby group. On 16 December 2014, in the evening after lessons a 14-year-old school boy came at the shooting gallery for a lesson. The teacher gave him an air rifle MP-512 and ammunition. After that she violated the safety rules by leaving the teenager alone at the empty shooting gallery. At that moment another member of the hobby group came around. The teenager was shooting and suddenly heard steps behind him. He turned and accidentally pulled the trigger. The bullet hit the teenager in the head. The students called the teacher. The wounded boy lied by saying that he had fallen and hit his head on the floor. The boy was taken to hospital where doctors said that the injury was very serious and caused by a penetrating bullet wound. The boy was immediately sent for an operation in the capital of the republic.

The second incident happened in Smolensk Region where local investigating bodies have launched an investigation in improper performance of their duty by officials of one of schools in the town of Yartsevo on charges of a crime under part 2 of article 293 of the RF Penal Code (negligence).

According to investigators, a 9^th grader felt unwell during a lesson of physical education. An emergency team delivered the boy born in 1999 to an intensive care of Yartsevo Central District Hospital, where the boy died at 10:40 AM. The boy had an excuse from physical training classes for 2014 and 2015.

At present investigative operations are underway to make a full picture of the incidents and collect necessary evidence. In addition to prosecution of the responsible individuals the investigators are going to study carefully reasons and conditions that contributed to the crimes and after that to insist that they are eliminated.