This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the response of the UK to the corresponding request.
Svetlana Petrenko, the official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia, said that the Investigative Committee is ready to investigate this case, but a decision of the prosecutor is required to accept it for proceedings.
"The division of the Investigative Committee of Russia has repeatedly initiated the issue of transferring the criminal case, but by decision of the prosecutor's office, the investigation will continue in the investigative bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia," the Investigative Committee said.
In turn, the Moscow prosecutor's office in its Telegram channel reported that, at the request of the prosecutor's office, the investigation brought charges against the defendant under the article on “violation of the traffic rules by a person driving a car, which caused the death of two or more persons through negligence,” and also brought the district court a petition to change her preventive measure to detention.
On July 16, in Moscow, a Mazda car hit two boys, as well as a nine-month-old baby in a stroller.
Children and adults crossed the road along an unregulated pedestrian crossing on Aviatorov Street.
A five-year-old boy injured in an accident died in hospital.
The second child later died.
The police opened a criminal case.
Valery Bashkirova, who was driving the car, was placed under house arrest.
The chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to petition for the transfer from the police to the Investigative Committee of a criminal case on the fact of an accident.