Overview
- Investigators opened a criminal case under Part 2, Article 293 of the Russian Criminal Code after three infants at Yakutsk’s family support center were left without supervision and sustained cranial injuries and soft‑tissue bruises.
- The regional Health Ministry reports two children are being treated in the neurosurgery unit of the Pediatric Center of RB No. 1 and a third child is in satisfactory condition under outpatient observation.
- The Yakutsk prosecutor’s office, acting on an order from Prosecutor Sergey Dyabkin, is conducting checks, and investigators are reviewing personnel duties and institutional documentation.
- Unverified social media claims that another child caused the infants’ injuries have not been confirmed by official sources.
- In a separate incident in Aldan, authorities removed two children from a home and opened a torture case under Article 117(2)(g) after a six‑year‑old boy was found with multiple injuries and signs of severe malnutrition; both children are under medical care.