Bastrykin became interested in the disappearance of two girls in the Novosibirsk region in 1999

The reason for the new order was the plot of a legal TV program dedicated to the disappearance of girls in the village of Tolmachevo. According to REN TV, Elena Shumilina and Natalia Ponomareva disappeared on October 28, 1999. That day, 16-year-old Elena went out with an 18-year-old friend. The graduate was last seen at the tram stop “Blucher Street”. From there she had to go home, to the Tolmachev village council.

Upon the disappearance of the girls, investigators opened a criminal murder case. Despite the search and efforts of law enforcement agencies, it was not possible to locate the missing. Relatives of the girls for many years independently collected information, including asking for help in other regions.

The TV story also voiced doubts of relatives that law enforcement officers checked all possible versions of what happened and took exhaustive measures to solve the crime.

Alexander Bastrykin instructed the head of the IC of Russia for the Novosibirsk region Stanislav Mikhailov to submit a report on the progress of the investigation, the established circumstances and the arguments set out in the TV story.

Earlier, MK in Novosibirsk reported that Bastrykin intervened in the case of the death of a patient due to a medical error.