Missing Usoltsev Family Not Abroad, Officials Say

Investigators have denied that the missing Usoltsev family left Russia, as a new version suggests they may be in Spain.
Apr 29, 2026
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The Usoltsev family, including their five-year-old daughter, went missing during a hike.

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Irina Usoltseva / Vk.com

The missing Usoltsev family could not have left the country, the press service of the Investigative Committee told NGS24.RU.

«During the investigation, no information has been obtained that they left the Russian Federation,» the committee told the correspondent.

This week, a version emerged that the Usoltsevs might be in Spain. The basis was provided by Irina Usoltseva«s son Danil Batalov on the program »Let Them Talk« on February 3. He said someone tried to contact him from Spain using a disposable number. However, Batalov himself thinks it was just a number confirmation after he changed his phone. He did not link this story to the disappearance of his relatives.

However, some participants of the program suggested that Irina Usoltseva called him, supposedly to hear her son«s voice.

On September 28, Sergei and Irina Usoltseva and their five-year-old daughter went on a hike in the Partizansky district and did not return. The primary version of what happened is an accident.

Earlier, NGS24.RU wrote that the Usoltsevs« parked car, which had been there since their disappearance, was removed from the outskirts of the village of Kuturchin. We are collecting everything known about the family»s disappearance in one story.

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