Mityanina spoke about the surge of domestic violence in St. Petersburg

Anna Mityanina, the Commissioner for Child Rights in St. Petersburg, reported a surge of domestic violence in St. Petersburg during the pandemic period. She made a statement during a speech with a report in the Legislative Assembly, the word of the Ombudsman is quoted by Kommersant.

Mityanina introduced the deputies a report on her activities for 2021. According to her, during the pandemic in the city there are more cases of domestic violence. Mityanina said that during the pandemic period there were more family conflicts, as well as cases of “deviant” behavior both among adults and among children, the St. Petersburg TV channel reports . The exact data is not given.

From the report, Mityanina, as reports “Zaks.ru”, it follows that the total number of appeals to the authorized apparatus decreased: in 2019 there were 3.5 thousand, in 2020-3.3 thousand, in 2021-3.2 thousand. Personally, Mityanina took 11 minors over the year.

According to Kommersant, among the problems of children in St. Petersburg, Mityanin noted the deterioration of physical and moral health and dependence on social networks and drugs. According to Fontanka, Mityanina asked during her speech the question: "How do we save children from the Internet?"

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