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Criminal Probe Opens After Belarusian Woman Is Swept Away During Ice-Floating in Murmansk Region

Belarusian consular officials are coordinating with Russian services during a search hindered by sub‑20°C temperatures.

Overview

  • Rescuers are searching the Tuloma River near the Pomorskaya embankment in the town of Kola after the participant was carried off by a strong current on the evening of January 1.
  • Units from the Murmansk Arctic Emergency Rescue Center of EMERCOM and the regional emergency rescue service were deployed to the scene.
  • Regional investigators opened a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 238 of the Russian Criminal Code on the provision of services that did not meet safety requirements.
  • The missing participant is a Belarusian citizen born in 1968 and had not been located as of the latest official update on January 2.
  • Belarus’s embassy said its consulate is in constant contact with investigators and rescue authorities as the search continues.