Teachers of a Chelyabinsk boarding school, whom children accused of rape, were given other jobs during the investigation.

The teachers of the Lazurnensky boarding school in the Chelyabinsk region, whom former pupils accused of rape, were transferred to another job during the investigation. This was reported to Interfax by the Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Chelyabinsk Region, Irina Butorina.

According to her, after the initiation of the rape case, the caregivers were sent on vacation; by the end of it, they were not charged, so there are no grounds for their dismissal.

At the same time, for the duration of the investigation, teachers were removed from contact with children for ethical reasons - they were found another job. “Now they don’t work as educators in this boarding school,” Butorina said.

She did not specify whether they would return there after the end of the investigation.

• Information about the rape of children in the Lazurnenskaya correctional boarding school appeared in February 2018. According to the foster parents of former pupils, several teachers were involved in the violence.
• The director of the boarding school was fired . The Investigative Committee opened two criminal cases - sexual assault and negligence; The defendants in the second case may be officials of the Social Security Administration.
• The Investigative Committee, after checking on the educators of the boarding school, stated that they are involved in the case of rape only as witnesses. Earlier it was reported that they returned to work in the boarding school. The Public Chamber of Russia asked to remove teachers from their positions until the end of the investigation.