An orienteering expert pointed to hiking trails as a possible place to search for a missing family in the Krasnoyarsk Territory
Quick Look
- Vladimir Popov, a member of the presidium of the Orienteering Federation of the Primorsky Territory, said that traces of the Usoltsev family from the Krasnoyarsk Territory, who disappeared at the end of September 2025, should be looked for at iconic tourist places and trails leading to them, noting that people often go into the forest to places of attraction.
- Previously, a family friend put forward a version of conflict with marginal elements as a possible reason for the disappearance.
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Why It Matters
The Usoltsev family from the Krasnoyarsk Territory disappeared at the end of September 2025 in the Partizansky district. Investigators opened a criminal case, searches were carried out for volunteers and law enforcement officers, but no traces were found.
Traces of the Usoltsev family that disappeared in the Krasnoyarsk Territory should be looked for at iconic tourist sites and along the paths leading to them. This was pointed out by Vladimir Popov, a member of the presidium of the Orienteering Federation of the Primorsky Territory, master of sports in orienteering, his words are quoted by RIA Novosti.
He explained that people often go to the forest to visit places of attraction. “In that area [near Mount Buratinka] there are also places that attract tourists - iconic, interesting, beautiful,” the agency’s interlocutor noted.
According to Popov, it is worth looking for traces of the missing family there. “The paths are hidden on kurums: there the well-trodden paths are not visible, but there they lay out tours of stones - pyramids that help to pass, especially through extensive kurums,” the expert added.
Earlier, a friend of the Usoltsev family, Valentin Degterev, put forward two versions of the appearance of blood at the site of their disappearance. He named one of the versions as a conflict with marginal elements with whom the Usoltsevs could have had a clash.
Irina and Sergey Usoltsev and their daughter disappeared at the end of September 2025 in the Partizansky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Investigators opened a criminal case, numerous searches were carried out, but neither volunteers nor law enforcement officers found any traces.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The search will focus on hiking trails and iconic places near Mount Buratinka
Likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- Where exactly were the Usoltsevs on the day of their disappearance?
- Did they have any conflicts with anyone before they went missing?
- Why did the search yield no results despite its scale?
