This is reported by the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for the Altai Territory.
As established by the investigation, in 2017-2018, employees of a private kindergarten used violence against 15 pupils.
“Children from 2 to 7 years old were allegedly shocked for educational purposes.
They were beaten with hands and various objects, some were closed in darkened rooms.
It became known about crimes committed against minors after one of the parents came to the kindergarten after school hours and saw the use of violence against his child, ”the department said.
The court sentenced the former head of the department to 4 years of imprisonment conditionally, four educators were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 3 to 5 years conditionally.
In October, the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case after employees of a Moscow kindergarten found signs of torture on the body of a four-year-old girl.
According to the investigation, employees of a kindergarten in Butyrsky District found multiple abrasions on the body of a four-year-old girl.
She reported that the abrasions appeared after the actions of one of the parents.
The kindergarten staff passed the information to law enforcement agencies.
The girl was admitted to the hospital for examination.