An elderly resident of the Shchuchansky District of the Kurgan Region beat children under guardianship, chained them and starved them, according to the website of the regional administration of the Investigative Committee..

According to the investigation, from March 2017 to February 2018, the pensioner scoffed at nine adoptive minors. She fed them poorly, did not buy clothes, and forced them to do hard work.. Periodically, a woman would beat children with objects that came under her arm, such as a belt or log, locked them in a wood shed in the courtyard, tied off her legs to the bed with a chain. Seven victims are recognized.

A 61-year-old woman was charged under part 2 of Article 127 of the Criminal Code (“Unlawful deprivation of a person’s freedom not related to his abduction”), part 2 of Article 117 of the Criminal Code (“Torture”) and under article 156 of the Criminal Code (“Improper fulfillment of a parent, if this act is connected with the abuse of a minor ”). The case with an approved indictment will be sent to court.