Tragedy on Syamozero in Karelia: fourteen dead children. Tragedy in a children's camp: what happened in Karelia Karelia Lake Syamozero vacation tragedy today

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case

14 children died on Syamozero in Karelia while boating. In total, there were 47 children and four adults in the tour group. The five surviving children were hospitalized. The rest are safe. According to the mayor of the capital Sergei Sobyanin, among the dead were children from Moscow. An investigation team is currently working on the spot. One of the instructors has already been detained.

17:05 It became known that the Investigative Committee conducted searches in the Moscow department of social protection after the tragedy on Syamozero in Karelia. To check the officials who oversaw the sending of children to the camp.

15:55 There are two girls injured in Karelia in the Bashlyaeva Children's Hospital in Moscow. The condition of one of them is assessed as moderate, RIA Novosti reports. Earlier, the victims were taken to the capital by plane of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

15:45 The Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children will consider on Tuesday the issue of the tragedy that occurred in Karelia.

15:36 One of the surviving schoolgirls told the Life portal that the life jackets they were given were expired: they could not keep people afloat. But only half of the rafting participants received such “life-saving” equipment.

15:15 The deputy director of the camp, detained in the case of the deaths of children, turned out to be a well-known KVN member in the republic. He has a pedagogical education and extensive experience working with young people, reports “”. Moreover, it was he, according to the victims, who insisted on rafting a couple of hours before the storm. The children tried to dissuade him.

15:06 The authorities of Karelia will terminate the contract with the Park-Hotel Syamozero company after the mass death of schoolchildren in the lake. The camp itself is already closed.

14:37 The Nika TV channel crew talked with the two surviving boys. According to them, they fought the storm for several hours, desperately trying to get to the shore, but at some point their strength left them. Many found themselves in cold water.

14:09 After the Karelian tragedy, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that he was not confident in the safety of all children's camps in the country. He said this during a meeting with deputy prime ministers.

13:39 Dmitry Peskov said that the government will not make changes to the law on public procurement due to the tragedy in Karelia. In turn, the representative of the Investigative Committee, Vladimir Markin, told the Life portal that a banal desire to save money led to the mass death of children.

13:27 Meanwhile, the Camp filed a lawsuit against the Park-Hotel Syamozero for a million rubles. The essence of the requirements has not yet been disclosed. The hearing is scheduled for July 18.

13:15 The Children's Ombudsman of Karelia stated that there were 284 people in the camp when the permitted 213. At the time of the inspection, the entire leadership was absent, and only 63 people were present in the institution itself. The rest were on the routes. At the same time, no one could say where, in what quantity, and who is responsible for them.

13:09 The children rescued in Karelia flew to Moscow on the plane of the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Vladimir Puchkov. At the same time, before boarding, the minister personally thanked the schoolchildren for their courage. In the near future, children will be examined at a boarding house for war veterans in the Konkovo ​​district of Moscow.

12:27 The two surviving children are still in shock, and psychologists continue to work with them. A few more have a somatic reaction.

12:15 The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Vladimir Puchkov, demanded that the group on Lake Syamozer be strengthened and that every centimeter of the reservoir be searched in search of the fourteenth dead schoolchild.

11:57 The Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) stated that the tragedy in Karelia is a natural consequence of the lack of professional specialists when serving groups of children, TASS reports.

11:36 Children's Ombudsman of Karelia Oksana Starshova stated that the camp director allegedly did not know about the schoolchildren going to the lake - this was the initiative of his deputy. At the same time, the camp did not have access to tourist trips and rafting.

11:22 Russian Children's Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov reported that the permissible number of children in the camp was exceeded by 71 people.

11:15 The funeral of the children who died rafting in Karelia will take place until Thursday. The burial sites will be chosen by the parents. The head of the capital’s department of trade and services, Alexey Nemeryuk, told RIA Novosti about this.

11:00 After the tragedy in Karelia, inspections of children's camps began in a number of regions. The authorities of the Novgorod and Leningrad regions, as well as the Primorsky Territory, announced the start of inspections.

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09:50 The authorities of Karelia signed a decree to allocate one million rubles to the families of the dead children. This was stated by the head of the republic, Alexander Khudilainen, at an operational meeting led by Vladimir Puchkov.

09:44 After the tragedy in Karelia, the authorities of Primorye decided to check all children's camps in the region. Earlier, Senator Elena Mizulina said that it was necessary to check all children's recreation institutions in the country.

09:39 The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Vladimir Puchkov, said that the Karelian camp is being closed. The procedure has begun to return the children to their parents.

09:36 The EMERCOM board will deliver 34 children from the Karelian camp to Moscow, including those injured in the tragedy. Six relatives will also fly with them. A team of doctors will meet them in the capital.

09:25 The injured children told Life that when they went rafting, the weather was good. The storm broke out when they were already quite far from the coast.

01.14 Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin decided to declare June 20 a day of mourning after the death of children in a summer camp in Karelia.

0 0.57 A representative of the government of Karelia reported that 10 children are currently hospitalized after the emergency on the lake. Earlier it was reported about five victims sent to medical institutions in Karelia.

00.31 On Monday, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government Olga Golodets will hold an all-Russian conference call with the heads of regions, representatives of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Health, at which the situation in the children's camp "Park Hotel Syamozero" will be discussed, as well as the conditions of recreation for children in children's camps countrywide.

00.28 Alexandra Tokareva, one of the counselors at the children’s camp where the tragedy occurred, spoke about a 12-year-old girl who was the first to get ashore and call for help. According to her, the girl is very athletic and independent, she always took care of her brother (he was also on a tragic campaign and survived), writes KP.

00.05 According to the press service of the Russian government, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev expressed condolences to the families of children who died during the storm and instructed the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Labor to conduct an unscheduled inspection of all children's health institutions.

23.58 The head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, Vladimir Puchkov, flew to Karelia to monitor how assistance is being provided to the victims of Syamozero. He headed the working group of the government commission, which will work in Petrozavodsk.

23.48 Commenting on the tragedy in Karelia, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Franz Klintsevich emphasized that it was caused by the criminal negligence of the organizers of the campaign.

“The storm warning was openly ignored, although it had been in effect since Friday. All other organized tourist groups were on the shore,” he said.

23.31 It is reported that one of the instructors who accompanied the children on the rafting trip to Syamozero turned out to be a minor. He also died during the storm.

23.19 The head of the Moscow Department of Social Protection, Vladimir Petrosyan, went to the scene of the tragedy.

23.10 The official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Markin, once again emphasized that the safety of children on the water directly depended on the instructors accompanying them.

22:57 State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin called for severe punishment for the perpetrators of the tragedy in Karelia. “The circumstances leading to this horrific tragedy must be thoroughly investigated and those responsible must be severely punished,” he said. Let us remind you that tomorrow there will be a day of mourning in the republic.

22:48 The rescued children are now in a temporary accommodation center in Petrozavodsk. There are also five victims in the capital of Karelia: two were taken to the Children's Republican Hospital, three to the infectious diseases hospital.

22:39 Psychologists are currently working with the parents of the deceased children. The identification procedure, as previously reported, will take place in Moscow, since many of the victims were from the capital.

22:25 First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Franz Klintsevich did not agree with Pavel Astakhov that the organizers of the tour in Karelia should not be held criminally liable. Earlier, the Ombudsman stated that there is no direct cause-and-effect relationship between the death of children and the conclusion of a government contract for their vacation.

22:14 It became known that the fifteenth child who died was not registered in the camp.

22:05 To date, four people have been detained in connection with the death of children: the director of the Syamozero Park Hotel LLC, her deputy and two instructors.

21:55 Putin also ordered to provide assistance to the families of the victims and victims and to identify the causes that led to the tragedy.

21:45 Russian President Vladimir Putin was promptly informed about the tragedy. The head of state expressed his condolences. This was announced by his press secretary Dmitry Peskov.

21:38 The surviving children were taken to Petrozavodsk and are currently being examined by doctors. The identification procedure for the dead will take place in Moscow.

21:21 Official representative of the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin clarified that only children were victims of the incident. It was previously reported that an instructor was among the dead.

21:12 According to Russian Children's Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov, 15 children have already become victims of the tragedy.

21:07 In connection with the tragedy, Senator Elena Mizulina proposed checking all children's camps in Russia.

21:02 - And here is our material with details about what happened in the camp in past years - the management drinks all night with the workers, barbecues, songs with a guitar... and then the deputy director of the camp crushes the head of a young guard with a bat, and everyone is told to be silent... . .

20:58 - A MK correspondent found a family that sheltered 12-year-old Yulia, a girl who escaped on Syamozero and told about the tragedy. Read it, it turned out... impossible to read

20:56 - And Vladimir Markin, commenting on Twitter on the news that all the dead were children, wrote: “The instructors were thinking about saving their own “skin”... How could they even trust “such” with the lives of children?!”

20:38 - Markin also said that a fourth person involved in the case had been detained. This is the director of the company Park Hotel Syamozero LLC, which was involved in recreation organizations, Elena Reshetova. Earlier it was reported that instructors Regina Ivanova and Lyudmila Vasilyeva, as well as deputy director of Park Hotel Syamozero LLC Vadim Vinogradov, were detained.

20:37 - An official representative of the RF IC told RIA Novosti that the investigation has completed the examination of the bodies of the victims. It turned out that there was no instructor among them - all 14 dead were children born in 2002-2004.


Park-Hotel "SYAMOSERO". Photo: karelia-open.ru

18:37 - Now at a meeting of the working group of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in connection with the death of children in Karelia, the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov said that the employees participating in the search activities must be removed, but the investigative team must be strengthened.

18:27 - Patriarch Kirill expressed condolences over the tragic death of the children. His press service noted that the patriarch is praying for the repose of the children and conveying words of support to the relatives.

18:22 - Videos from the scene of the tragedy began to appear on social networks. Well, it’s clear that this was already filmed during the search operation. By the way, the video shows that the weather is still not ideal, and there was a storm when the children died.

18:16 - At the same time, it became known that Moscow children did not end up in this camp by accident. It turned out that the Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Moscow held a tender and the Syamozero park hotel won this competition for children's recreation. Well, now the Investigative Committee is already interested in what criteria this competition was held by, what kind of personnel was hired to work with children, what kind of training they had.

18:12 - According to the NTV channel, parents have previously complained about this Karelian camp and stated that there are fights between children, the children are not properly looked after, they play for money and sell food to each other. Children also complained to their parents about endless trips, in which there was no normal diet, and the accompanying person drank alcohol.


Here is a photo of the counselors who, according to the camp director, authorized the boat trip. (from left to right: Valery Krupoderschikov, Vadim Vinogradov)

18:01 - New information was disseminated by the official representative of the RF Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin. According to him, in addition to the detained instructor, two more people are being investigated in the case, who are now hiding. The investigation is also looking for the direct organizers of children’s holidays on Syamozero. Markin confirmed the death of 13 children and one instructor and offered condolences to the parents of the children who died “due to the sloppiness and stupidity of adults.”

18:00 - Meanwhile, RIA Novosti channels reported that the child, who was listed as missing, had been found alive.

17:56 - Meanwhile, the press service of the head of the republic stated that there were no serious claims against the Syamozero Park Hotel in Karelia during the current tourist season. At the same time, an ex-employee of the park hotel told MK: “Yes, there are a lot of violations there... A commission should have been expelled and closed this damn camp a long time ago.” In particular, he noted that the group.

17:55 - A day of mourning has been declared in Karelia on Monday. This decision was made by the head of the Republic of Karelia Alexander Khudilainen.

17:53 - Now rescuers are transporting the last batch of surviving children from the island on Syamozero. There were 25 people there and 15 of them had already been brought ashore.

17:51 - Source in emergency services confirmed to Interfax thatand the bodies of 14 dead were raised to the surface. Thus, there are no more missing persons and the search operation is completed.

17:35 - H The death toll on Syamozero has increased to 14 people; rescuers have discovered the body of another child, reports Life.

17:14 - According to MK in Karelia, 11 children died on Syamozero. All of them are Muscovites.

15:57 - The camp instructor was detained.

15:31 - I joined the investigation of the tragedy on Syamozero. All prosecutors of districts and cities of Karelia have been instructed to check how carefully all child safety measures are observed in places of public recreation.

15:12 - The fate of two children remains unknown, reports

14:51 - According to “MK” in Karelia,” there were no Petrozavodsk residents in the group; among the children there were St. Petersburg residents, Muscovites and Kondopo residents.

14:10 - The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Karelia reported that they managed to save 11 children. The number of victims is not yet known.

14:02 - As Interfax reports, citing a source in the rescue services, on Sunday night a boat carrying schoolchildren capsized on Syamozero in Karelia. A search and rescue operation is underway at the site. The fate of the children is unknown, according to some sources.

St. PETERSBURG, June 19 – RIA Novosti. Thirteen children from Moscow, vacationing in Karelia, and the instructor accompanying them died when their boats capsized during a storm on Syamozero in Karelia; Monday was declared a day of mourning in the republic.

Tragedy on the lake

Three suspects detained in connection with the death of children in KareliaInstructors Regina Ivanova and Lyudmila Vasilyeva, as well as deputy director of Park Hotel Syamozero LLC Vadim Vinogradov, were detained, said official representative of the Russian Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin.

On Saturday, June 18, a group of 47 children aged 12 to 15 years old, vacationing at the Park Hotel Syamozero health camp, accompanied by four adult instructors, went on a boat trip. Three boats containing children and adults capsized due to strong storm winds that raised waves.

The first to speak about what happened was a 12-year-old girl who was washed ashore by a storm. After she regained consciousness, the girl walked towards the nearest settlement. On the way, she met passers-by who contacted rescuers.

Commissioner for Children's Rights Pavel Astakhov said that the cause of the children's deaths could have been a lack of life jackets. At the moment, it is known that weather forecasters warned about worsening weather in the region, but this did not stop the organizers of rafting on the lake. Investigators will also have to find out why the tourist trip involving children was not registered with the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

According to the latest data, 13 children and one adult died in the emergency. According to preliminary information, orphans and children from disadvantaged families became victims of the storm. Five victims with hypothermia and minor injuries were hospitalized in hospitals in Karelia.

The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations demanded that 25 rescued children be delivered to Petrozavodsk in two hours.

Looking for vacation organizers

Immediately after the signal about the incident, rescuers went to the scene of the tragedy. Emergency services set up an operational headquarters and began a search and rescue operation, and representatives of the republican authorities arrived on the shore of Syamozero. A hotline was set up for relatives of the victims and victims.

Media: the girl who survived was the first to speak about the tragedy on a lake in KareliaDuring a camping trip, boats carrying children from the health camp "Park Hotel Syamozero" capsized. To date, it is known that 12 people became victims of the tragedy.

The republican authorities organized the evacuation of all participants in the Park-Hotel Syamozero camp. A criminal case was initiated under Article 238 Part 3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (performance of work or provision of services that does not meet safety requirements, resulting in the death of two or more persons through negligence).

Investigators detained one of the instructors accompanying the tour group and seized documentation from the camp. The prosecutor's office began checking the persons responsible for organizing the excursion to Lake Syamozero. Also, after the tragedy on Syamozero, all health camps in the republic will be checked.

In connection with the death of children in Karelia, two people are being sought, as well as those who directly organized the children’s holidays. As part of the investigation, it became known that children's holidays in Karelia were organized by the company Park Hotel Syamozero LLC. Based on the results of a tender held by the Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Moscow, the company won a competition for organizing children's recreation. Law enforcement agencies became interested in the circumstances of this competition.

The camp management is blamed for the tragedy

Users of social networks, condoling with the parents of children from the health camp "Park-Hotel Syamozero" who died during a storm on a lake in Karelia, blame the tragedy on the instructors and management of the camp, where, according to their information, violations were previously detected.

“A year ago they wrote about this camp... Many violations were revealed,” Andrey Bukalev wrote on VKontakte. Irina Popova agrees with him, claiming “lawlessness” in the health camp “Park-Hotel Syamozero”. “The camp should have been closed a long time ago. This is not the first year that chaos has been going on. Where were the prosecutor’s office looking? There have already been repeated statements,” she wrote on VKontakte.

Marina Nikitina also believes that the administration of the health camp is primarily to blame for what happened. “We must look into this and find the culprits. The negligence and sloppiness of the camp leaders,” she says on VKontakte.

In connection with the tragedy in Karelia, many users also say that they are now afraid to send their children to camps. “So let the children go to camps,” Svetlana Anisimova laments. “I have a son, and I also bought him a ticket to the camp on June 30, after this I will now think a thousand times whether he should go there,” agrees Ilya Alexandrov.

Monday has been declared a day of mourning

The authorities of Karelia stated that they are ready to receive the relatives of those killed on Lake Syamozero and provide all the necessary assistance.

“We are preparing to receive and accommodate the relatives of the victims, we are ready to receive them,” said a representative of the press service of the government of Karelia.

Currently, search and rescue operations on Syamozero have been completed, and 14 bodies of the dead have been found.

Tomorrow has been declared a day of mourning in the Republic of Karelia.

In Karelia, 14 children from Moscow, who were vacationing at the Park-Hotel Syamozero health camp, died. On June 18, several dozen children, accompanied by adult instructors, went on boats to Lake Syamozero and got caught in a storm. Details of the tragedy are in the TASS material.

What happened?

  • On June 18, 47 children and four adult instructors on boats were caught in a storm on Lake Syamozero in the Pryazhinsky district of the republic. The boats capsized and sank.
  • 14 children died, rescuers found the body of a child who was considered missing.
  • There are no adults among the dead.
  • The incident became known from local residents, to whom the rescued girl came to the village.

How is the investigation going?

  • A criminal case was initiated under Part 3 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (provision of services that do not meet safety requirements, resulting in the death of two or more persons through negligence).
  • Punishment under this article involves up to 10 years in prison. The investigation was transferred to the central office of the Investigative Committee.
  • Five suspects were detained.
  • On June 21, another criminal case was opened - about negligence. The head of the Rospotrebnadzor department for Karelia was detained.
  • The camp on Syamozero is closing.
  • The authorities of Karelia have terminated a government contract worth 2.7 million rubles with Park-Hotel Syamozero LLC for services for organizing summer holidays for children.
  • The services of Park-Hotel Syamozero LLC for organizing children's recreation cost the Moscow government 45.3 million rubles this year.
  • The Department of Labor and Social Protection of Moscow conducted searches in connection with the death of children.
  • The camp was prohibited from conducting hikes. “The camp did not have permission. Contrary to all the norms and prohibitions, the camp held a shift and took the children on a hike, although it had a direct ban. It’s not that there was no permission, but there was a direct ban on hiking,” noted Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets .
  • The Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation noted that the camp violated basic child safety rules to save money. According to her, a complete violation of all possible norms and rules was recorded in the Karelian camp.
  • Changes to the legislation of the Russian Federation in connection with the death of children on a lake in Karelia will be prepared by September 2016.
  • The Moscow authorities will terminate the contract with Park Hotel Syamozero LLC through the court, and will also recover damages caused to the parents of children who died on a camping trip.
  • The Petrozavodsk City Court refused to arrest counselor Valery Krupoderschikov from the Syamozero park hotel for two months.
  • The court arrested the director of the Syamozero Park Hotel.

Could the tragedy have been avoided?

  • On June 17, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations warned of showers, thunderstorms and wind gusts of up to 17-20 m/s in most regions of Karelia.
  • According to the representative of the RF Investigative Committee, Vladimir Markin, teenagers from the camp proposed canceling boat trips to the lake, but the instructors insisted.
  • At the same time, Professor of St. Petersburg State University, Doctor of Geographical Sciences Dmitry Sevastyanov believes that the emergency could have occurred due to a sudden change in weather, which is typical for large lakes in these latitudes.
  • According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the children could have been saved if the rafting had been registered.

What is being done for the families of the victims?

  • The Moscow authorities will cover all expenses for organizing the funeral.
  • The families of the victims will be paid compensation according to

At least 10 people died as a result of a boat accident on Lake Syamozero in Karelia.

“According to preliminary data, two boats capsized. There were 26 people in them (two adults, the rest children). 10 children died, 13 people were saved. The search for three more people, including one adult, continues,” a source told Interfax.

It is known that the boats were caught in a storm on Saturday evening.

Dog kennel employees rescued 11 children after a boat crash on Syamozero

11 children were able to get out of the water after a boat crash on a lake in Karelia. They spent the night on the island, and in the morning they were picked up by an employee of a dog kennel in Kudam, reports the local publication Respublika.

“The children were already freezing, it was difficult to wake them up,” said the owner of the nursery, Natalya Stolyarova.

According to her, two children had to undergo emergency medical care. For now, all the saved children are in Kudam.

Sobyanin: the children who died in Karelia were from Moscow

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin tweeted that the children who died in a boat accident in Karelia were from Moscow.

According to him, representatives of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, doctors and psychologists, and the head of the social protection department are sent from Moscow to Karelia. The Moscow mayor also published the hotline numbers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and Social Security. Sobyanin wrote that he gave orders to further check the safety of the resting places of Moscow children.

SK: 11 children and one adult died as a result of a boat crash in Karelia

Ten children and one adult died after a boat crashed on Syamozero during a storm, the Investigative Committee reports.

“According to preliminary data, on June 18, 2016, participants of the children’s health camp “Park-Hotel Syamozero” on boats were caught in a storm on a pond. There were 47 children and four adult instructors on three boats. During a trip on the lake, the boats capsized and sank as a result, 11 children and 1 instructor died,” the department’s website says.

According to the Investigative Committee, the rescue operation is currently ongoing.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case after the death of children on a lake in Karelia

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case after the death of children on Syamozero in Karelia. RIA Novosti reports this with reference to the department.

“The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case under Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation regarding the death of tourists in Karelia,” the message says.

This article provides for punishment for performing work or providing services that do not meet the requirements for the safety of life or health of consumers. If these actions negligently resulted in the death of two or more people, the sanctions of this article provide for punishment in the form of forced labor for up to five years or imprisonment for up to ten years.

The Investigative Committee also reports that one of the instructors who accompanied the children was detained.

According to preliminary data, on June 18, participants in the children's health camp “Park Hotel Syamozero” (47 children and four adults) on boats were caught in a storm on the lake. During the trip, the boats capsized and sank.

Investigators and criminologists from the central office of the Investigative Committee went to the scene of the incident. The investigation into this case is under the control of the head of the department, Alexander Bastrykin. Investigators plan to give a legal assessment of the actions of the children's camp staff and others responsible for organizing children's boating in bad weather.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations reported the rescue of 36 people on a lake in Karelia

During a search operation in the area of ​​Lake Syamozero in Karelia, 36 people were rescued, the fate of four more is unknown. RIA Novosti reports this with reference to the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

A representative of the regional headquarters of the Ministry of Emergency Situations told the agency that of the 36 people rescued, 25 are on the island, another 11 are in the village of Kudoma.

Ministry of Emergency Situations: tourists caught in a storm on a lake in Karelia went on a hike without warning

A group of tourists who were caught in a storm on the Karelian Lake Syamozero was not registered. Interfax reports this with reference to the North-West Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

“The group was not registered and went on a hike to the lake without warning the rescuers,” said a representative of the center.

Astakhov: not all children caught in the storm may have had life jackets

Not all children caught in a storm on Karelian Lake Syamozero might have had life jackets, suggested Children's Rights Commissioner Pavel Astakhov. His representative is at the scene of the incident, RIA Novosti reports.

“It seems that the children who died were simply without life jackets. Those who were wearing life jackets swam out,” Astakhov said.

According to him, it is now becoming clear who allowed the children to go on this hike, and whether everyone was provided with means of rescue. It also turns out “who planned this departure in the first place, whether the routes were coordinated, whether the weather was coordinated, whether the Ministry of Emergency Situations was notified that they were leaving.” Astakhov noted that all this should have been done by the organizers of such trips.

He also said that the office of the Commissioner for Children's Rights, together with the Moscow authorities, is deciding the issue of ensuring the transportation of the bodies of children who died in Karelia.

The head of the Karelian village where the children's camp is located rejected the version of a shortage of life jackets

All those who died during a storm on a lake in Karelia were wearing life jackets, said Andrei Orekhanov, the head of the Essoil rural settlement, on whose territory there is a children's camp. Interfax reports this.

“All the dead and those rescued were wearing life jackets. Apparently, they choked or died from hypothermia,” Orekhanov told the agency.

The head of the Essoil rural settlement noted that he is now at the scene of the incident. Law enforcement officers also work there.

Ministry of Health: five children injured on a lake in Karelia were hospitalized

Five children who were injured during a storm on the Karelian Lake Syamozero were hospitalized in hospitals in Karelia. Interfax reports this with reference to the official representative of the Ministry of Health Oleg Salagai.

“Everyone is provided with the necessary medical care. The reasons for hospitalization are hypothermia, minor injuries, stress,” Salagay clarified.

Previously, he reported that the head of the Ministry of Health, Veronika Skvortsova, personally monitors the work of the regional department to provide the necessary assistance to the victims. Skvortsova also instructed the chief psychiatrist of the Ministry of Health, Zurab Kekelidze, to organize the provision of psychological assistance to the relatives and friends of the victims, both in Karelia and in Moscow.

The Respublika agency reported complaints about the camp on Syamozero, where children died

In the Karelian park hotel "Syamozero", where the children's camp is located, the participants of which were caught in a storm on the lake, inspections were carried out several times: parents complain about the conditions in which their children live there. This was reported by the local news agency Respublika.

“The Syamozero Park Hotel in Karelia has long had a bad reputation. Parents of children vacationing there complained about the living conditions. Children spend the night there in tents, practically in the open air,” writes Respublika. In July 2015, the agency wrote about the complaints that led to the inspection.

The agency clarifies that the park hotel belongs to the tour operator Karelia-Open, which offers several recreation programs for children and youth on Lake Syamozero. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, the founder of the company registered in Petrozavodsk is Galina Lisina.

In Karelia, June 20 was declared a day of mourning for those killed on the lake

The head of Karelia, Alexander Khudilainen, declared June 20 a day of mourning in connection with the deaths of people on the Karelian Lake Syamozero, expressing grief for the victims and condolences to their families and friends. This is reported

It was previously reported that Khudilainen headed to the scene of the incident. It was also reported that his first deputy and Prime Minister of the Government of Karelia Oleg Telnov and Telnov’s deputy Valentina Ulich are participating in the work of the operational headquarters.

As the head of Karelia noted, the most important thing is the search and rescue operation and assistance to the victims. He also stated the need to tighten security measures at water bodies as much as possible - primarily in places of public recreation.

In Karelia, the evacuation of children vacationing in a camp on a lake began

Of the 49 vacationers in the camp on the Karelian Lake Syamozero, 12 children have already been evacuated. Another 25 children are being evacuated to a place safe from the storm, as reported on the official portal of Karelia.

The message clarifies that the bodies of 11 dead children were discovered, and the fate of another child is still unknown. A meeting of the operational headquarters will soon begin at the Crisis Management Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for Karelia to resolve organizational issues.

One of those missing during a storm on a lake in Karelia was found alive

One of those who disappeared during a storm on the Karelian Lake Syamozero was found alive. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a representative of the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

“One person was found alive. He is now in the virgin lands in the village of Kudama. The fate of three more remains unknown,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

TASS: the death toll on a lake in Karelia has increased to 14 people

Rescuers found the bodies of three children who were considered missing during a storm on the Karelian Lake Syamozero. TASS reports this with reference to the emergency services of Karelia.

“Three bodies of dead children were found. Thus, the total number of victims of this tragedy has reached 14 people, only one of them is an adult,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

An Interfax agency source in the emergency services reported that the search for those missing during the storm on the lake had been completed. The press service of the North-West Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations told the agency that now out of the 25 children who remained on the island, the last ten are being transported to the shore.

The Investigative Committee reported on the search for two suspects in the deaths of children on a lake in Karelia

Investigators are taking measures to search for and detain two people hiding from the investigation in the case of the death of children on a lake in Karelia, as well as those who were the direct organizer of the children’s vacation. Earlier it became known that one suspect had been detained, it was reported

The Investigative Committee also confirmed that the number of victims had increased to 14 people: 13 children and one instructor were killed. The official representative of the department, Vladimir Markin, expressed condolences to the families and friends of the deceased children.

The investigation found that the children's holiday in Karelia was organized by the Park Hotel Syamozero company, which won a competition for the holiday based on the results of a tender held by the Moscow Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population. Markin noted that the investigation will check what kind of competition it was and by what criteria this company was selected. He added that “careful clarification also requires the personnel that the company hired to work with children, the level of training of teachers and instructors.”

Rostourism: among those killed in Karelia were children from disadvantaged Moscow families

The group of children caught in a storm on the Karelian Lake Syamozero was not a tourist group: among them were orphans and children from disadvantaged families who arrived through the Moscow social protection authorities. Interfax reports this with reference to the press service of Rostourism.

“The group included orphans and children from disadvantaged families aged 12-15 years. A trip to the Park Hotel Syamozero camp was organized for them through the Moscow social protection authorities, and a tender was announced for this tour. The organizer was not a travel agency, but a legal entity,” the press service said.

According to Rostourism, all organizations that worked with tourist groups have not allowed clients to go out on the water since June 17 due to a storm warning.

The Investigative Committee announced the arrest of two more suspects in the deaths of children in Karelia

In the case of the death of 13 children and one instructor during a storm on the Karelian lake Syamozero, three suspects were detained: instructors Regina Ivanova and Lyudmila Vasilyeva, as well as deputy director of the Syamozero park hotel Vadim Vinogradov. This was reported on the website of the Investigative Committee.

Now the necessary investigative actions are being carried out with the detainees, the issue of choosing a preventive measure for them will soon be decided. The Investigative Committee’s report notes that “it is already quite obvious to the investigation that the instructors who directly accompanied the children on the hike are clearly responsible for their safety.” The department explained that they were among the first to be detained, since the fate of the children directly depended on their actions.

As noted in the message of the Investigative Committee, back on June 17, the Ministry of Emergency Situations warned of showers, thunderstorms and wind gusts of up to 17-20 meters per second in most regions of Karelia. The investigation will determine whether the instructors had this information and why they did not assess wind speed and other weather conditions before the trip.

The Investigative Committee recommended that everyone involved in organizing the campaign independently and immediately appear before the investigators to give evidence. The Investigative Committee also notes that security issues in this camp have been the subject of investigation before: in 2011, the deputy director of the camp beat a guard to death after drinking alcohol together on the camp grounds. He is currently serving a 13-year sentence.

All 14 killed in a boat accident in Karelia were children

Among those killed in the boat crash on Syamozero were only children; It was previously reported that the victims included 13 children and one adult.

“At the moment, investigators have completed an examination of the bodies of 14 victims and have established that all of them are camp students born in 2002-2004. There are no adults among the dead,” reports the head of the press service of the Investigative Committee, Vladimir Markin.

According to him, from this we can conclude that none of the instructors accompanying the children made the necessary efforts to save the minors. The instructors thought only about saving their own lives.

The director of the Syamozero park hotel was detained in the case of the death of children in Karelia.

In the case of the death of children during a storm on a Karelian lake, four suspects were detained, including the director of the Syamozero park hotel Elena Reshetova, her deputy and two instructors. This was reported on the website of the Investigative Committee.

Investigators have completed examining the bodies of 14 victims. It has been established that all of them are camp inmates born in 2002-2004; there are no adults among the dead.

“This once again confirms that, in general, none of the instructors accompanying the children made the necessary efforts to save the children, but were thinking about saving their own lives,” says Vladimir Markin, the official representative of the Investigative Committee.

He noted that “it is already quite obvious to the investigation that the instructors who accompanied the children on the hike are clearly responsible for their safety,” since the fate of the children directly depended on their actions, and the director of the park hotel and her deputy were responsible for direct organization of recreation.

Astakhov reported 15 dead on a lake in Karelia

According to the latest data, 15 children died during a storm on a lake in Karelia, Children's Rights Commissioner Pavel Astakhov said on Twitter.

There is no official confirmation of this information yet. According to the Investigative Committee, 14 children died during a storm on a Karelian lake.

Putin expressed condolences over the deaths of children in Karelia

President Vladimir Putin expressed deep condolences in connection with the tragedy on the Karelian lake, which resulted in the death of children. Interfax reports this with reference to presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov.

“The president was informed through emergency channels about the rescue operation that was launched after the tragedy that occurred in Karelia,” Peskov said.

According to him, during the day Putin repeatedly contacted the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov, Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. The President also instructed to organize assistance to the victims and relatives of the victims. Putin instructed the Investigative Committee to find out the causes of the tragedy and find those responsible.

Children rescued from the lake were taken to Petrozavodsk

Children rescued from Karelian Lake Syamozero were taken to Petrozavodsk. Interfax reports this with reference to the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

“All the rescued children were taken to Petrozavodsk, they were placed in a temporary detention center. Doctors and psychologists are working with them,” said the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Karelia.

Also, according to the agency, there are five victims in Petrozavodsk. Two were hospitalized at the Republican Children's Hospital, and three more were hospitalized at the Infectious Diseases Hospital. Their condition is monitored by doctors.

Chief psychiatrist of the Ministry of Health: identification of children killed in Karelia will most likely take place in Moscow

The identification of children who died during a storm on the Karelian Lake Syamozero will most likely be carried out in Moscow. Interfax reports this with reference to the chief psychiatrist of the Ministry of Health, head of the Serbsky Center for Psychiatry and Narcology Zurab Kekelizde.

According to him, specialists are preparing to provide psychological assistance to the relatives of the victims: they will help with the identification procedure, and will also accompany those who decide to go to Karelia.

“If there are several families, one of our doctors will go with them. If more come, we will send more employees,” Kekelidze said.

Earlier, he said that the Serbsky center has a hotline where you can get help around the clock: 8-495-637-70-70. Also, the center’s staff is ready to provide the victims and relatives of the victims with all the necessary outpatient and inpatient care.

At a meeting on Sunday, the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Vladimir Puchkov, said that at 23:00 an Il-76 plane would fly to Karelia to deliver the bodies of children who died during the storm on the lake.