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ULAN-UDE, April 28 A criminal case into the disappearance of a four-year-old boy who went missing on Saturday has been opened in Buryatia, reports the investigative department of the investigative Committee (SU SK) of Russia for the region.
“The investigative department for the Sovetsky district of the city of Ulan-Ude of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Republic of Buryatia is investigating a criminal case initiated on the fact of the unknown disappearance of a 4-year-old child who lived on Pristanskaya Street in the city of Ulan-Ude,” the message says. 
According to investigators, the boy was last seen at lunchtime on Saturday by his grandfather. Left without adult supervision, the child disappeared without a trace. Operational search measures are being carried out in the case, the department said.
The investigation department published the boy’s characteristics: European appearance, height about 100 centimeters, thin build, short brown hair, blue eyes. He was wearing a blue T-shirt, gray tights, black or purple shoes.
The prosecutor's office of Buryatia reported that a criminal case was opened under paragraph “c” of part 2 of article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder of a minor). The supervisory agency monitors the progress and results of the investigation into the case.