the interior Ministry denied the information about the growth of violence in the family and domestic sphere. According to authorities, the number of such offences, by contrast, has declined, reports TASS.
it is Clarified that for the last quarter of 2020 was recorded in 13 percent of cases of domestic violence than in 2019. The total weight of the crimes of assault in the family was 1.4 percent.
the decrease was attributed with the introduction of universal isolation. So, in March, there were over 13 thousand of such offences, which is 6.5 percent less than in March last year. In April we observed a 7.7 thousand cases of domestic violence, which is 23.4 percent less than in the same period of 2019.
Earlier it was reported that during isolation, the number of complaints of domestic battery on the contrary has increased 2.5 times. The Commissioner for human rights Tatyana Moskalkova said that in March the number of such requests amounted to six thousand, and in April exceeded 13 thousand.
