Two women fell into a pit when the ground collapsed near a river in Udmurtia

The head of the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed the regional administration in Udmurtia to report on the results of an investigation into the injuries of two women in Sarapul who fell into a pit when the ground collapsed near the river. This was reported on May 27 by the investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the region.

"It is reported on the social network that on May 24 in Sarapul there was a collapse of the soil and paving slabs in the pedestrian zone on the city embankment. Two women who needed medical attention fell into the resulting sinkhole," the agency said in a statement posted on its Telegram channel.

It is also reported that Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, instructed Roman Shirobokov, Acting head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic, to report on the interim results of the audit and the decision taken.

In St. Petersburg, on May 16, a nine-year-old boy fell through a loose hatch that was located on school grounds, and the child was hospitalized with injuries. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Provision of services that do not meet safety requirements"), Article 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Negligence").