A baby died in Petersburg while an illegal mother was kept in prison

In the first days after his death, the Russian media practically did not write about him, but the news about the death of a child in a Tajik family differed among Tajik Internet users. As a result, dissatisfied people began to gather near the police station and the consulate of Tajikistan, demanding an investigation. A week after the arrest of Daler Nazarov and Zarina Yunusova, Petersburg and then federal publications began to write about history. A call for an investigation was made by the children's ombudsman Pavel Astakhov. Only after that the investigative committee opened a criminal case. The deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg were going to summon the head of the police in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast, Sergei Umnov, to the parliament, but refused this idea, for some reason fearing that this could inflame inter-ethnic discord. The Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan and Russia responded to the report of the death of Umarali, and a petition was posted on change.org requesting a comprehensive investigation.

Employees of the migration service and doctors deny their involvement in the death of the infant

The migration services consider that they were admitted according to the protocol - they detained illegal migrants with a child, and then they gave it to the juvenile affairs inspector. However, the Umarali family accuses the police of not feeding the child, putting a hat on him and not agreeing to transfer it to his grandmother, who came to the police department after she learned where Daler and Zarina were.

In response, the St. Petersburg Department of the Interior Ministry published a video on Fontanka, which shows that law enforcement officers are pumping the baby and trying to give him a bottle.

According to official information, the baby died from an acute respiratory viral infection. No other information. The Umarali family assures that he was not sick of anything. This is confirmed by "Fontanka", which managed to get the child's medical card. True, the same “Fontanka” writes: in the center of Tsymbalin they claim that deviations were observed in the development of the infant. What exactly is still unknown.

Immediately after the affair had resonated, searches began in the house where Umarali’s family lived, including with dogs. According to Novaya Gazeta, residents of an apartment may have a case under Article 156 of the Criminal Code - “Failure to fulfill the duties of raising a minor” (the article implies a wide range of penalties, from a fine to a three-year term). Who exactly can be blamed on it is not reported.

The 15-day tenure in St. Petersburg (within which the migrants must leave the Russian Federation) for Daler and Zarina will expire in the coming days. Tajik diaspora lawyer Uktam Akhmedov told Novaya Gazeta that he would appeal the court’s decision, but it’s unclear whether any concrete steps have been taken to do this.