Overview
- On November 17, the regional rescue team deployed to the Partizansky District at police request to renew field operations.
- Rescuers examined a 15‑meter‑deep cave and three grottos about 4 kilometers from the village of Kuturchin and reported no signs of the family.
- The search will continue with focused tasks after earlier mass efforts were scaled back in mid‑October.
- Investigators have opened a criminal case that is under prosecutorial oversight as forensic specialists work to establish what happened.
- Key leads cited by officials include the last phone signal from Sergei Usoltsev about 7 kilometers from Kuturchin and the discovery of cash but no camping gear in the family’s car.