Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova has commissioned six agencies to check the information about the increase of cases of domestic violence during the period of isolation at the request of state Duma Deputy Oksana Pushkina, told RNS in the Secretariat Deputy Prime Minister.
“Yes, we confirm. Six departments were instructed to study the address of the Deputy of Oksana Pushkina,” reported in the Secretariat.
RBC Previously reported that deputies of the state Duma Oksana Pushkina, Irina Rodnina and Olga Sevastyanov has addressed to Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova and proposed to include the protection from domestic violence in the period of self-isolation to the list of measures to support citizens during the epidemic of the coronavirus. According to deputies, in March 2020, the number of calls to the national helpline for women increased by 24% compared to February.
According to the operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus, on may 7, in Russia the number of cases of infection with coronavirus for days rose 11 231 — 160 to 177. For the entire period from the coronavirus recovered 23 803 persons, was 1625 deaths related coronavirus.
