A Derbent resident is under investigation after her child died of starvation.

The body of an 18-month-old child who died of starvation was seized by police from a Derbent resident during an identity check. The case is being investigated for causing death by negligence.

Law enforcement agencies in Dagestan announced the investigation into the child's death today, although the body was discovered on February 20.

Police were checking the identity of a Derbent resident when they noticed the unresponsive child in her stroller. "According to preliminary data, the child's death may have been caused by malnutrition. A forensic examination has been ordered to determine the exact cause of death," the official Telegram channel of the Investigative Committee of Dagestan reported.

The case has been opened under the article on causing death by negligence (Part 1 of Article 109 of the Russian Criminal Code), which carries a sentence of up to two years in prison or forced labor. During the investigation, the Investigative Committee intends to evaluate the actions or inactions of the officials responsible.

The official statement from the investigation refers to a "two-year-old" child. Meanwhile, the Telegram channel "Criminal Chronicle," run by Gayana Gariyeva, head of the press service for the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs, reported that the deceased child was one and a half years old. According to the channel, the Derbent resident attracted the attention of police officers with "fidgety and strange" behavior.

In a short video published by the channel, a woman wearing a niqab stands leaning on a stroller and aggressively speaks to someone off-camera, likely police officers.

The woman's documents were checked on Agasiyev Avenue near the Severny Vokzal station, where the dead girl was also found in the stroller, according to the channel "Only Facts. Dagestan." Sources did not report any preventive measures for the woman.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," in the fall of 2024, the appellate court increased Maxim Lyuty's eight-year prison sentence for the death of his child from starvation to 10 years. Investigators believe Lyuty and his partner deprived the infant of food, resulting in its death. In September 2023, a court in Sochi sentenced the infant's mother Oksana Mironova to two years of correctional labor.