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Preliminary check launched following media reports on improper treatment of child in Sverdlovsk Region

Today a number of media have published reports stating that on 20 July 2015, in the park of Zelyonaya Roshcha in Yekaterinburg, an unidentified woman improperly treated a small girl. The Sverdlovsk Region investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee have launched a pre-investigative check into the fact.

During the check investigators are carrying out a number of operations to find out all the circumstances of the incident. They are identifying both the girl and the woman.

A procedural decision will be made following the check.