A missing nine-year-old girl was found in an apartment in Smolensk thanks to traces left by the kidnapper, including a SIM card and DNA.

A missing nine-year-old girl was found in an apartment in Smolensk thanks to traces left by the kidnapper, including a SIM card and DNA.

@mash 26 Feb 2026, 18:53

In the apartment of the kidnapper, where nine-year-old Sasha was found, his cohabitant reported that he introduced the girl as his niece, and the question of her detention is currently being considered.

@mash 26 Feb 2026, 18:17

A 43-year-old man has been detained in Smolensk on suspicion of abducting a 9-year-old girl, who went missing on February 25 and was found in his apartment three days later.

@ostorozhno_novosti 26 Feb 2026, 17:59

Sergey G., who had a nine-year-old girl found in his apartment, previously posted photo instructions on how to braid girls' hair and has a criminal record for drug possession.

@mash 26 Feb 2026, 17:50

42-year-old Sergey G., previously convicted, has been detained on suspicion of abducting nine-year-old Sasha, who was found in his cohabitant's apartment in Smolensk.

@mash 26 Feb 2026, 17:34

In Smolensk, a suspect in the abduction of a nine-year-old girl has been detained after she was missing for three days; she was found in the apartment of the alleged kidnapper, a 42-year-old man, and is now in the hospital for examination.

@mash 26 Feb 2026, 17:14