MOSCOW, August 10 (RAPSI, Diana Gutsul) – Russian investigators consider it is necessary to introduce criminal liability for forcing minors into suicide, official spokesman for the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin told journalists on Wednesday.

Analysis of the crime situation indicated high suicide rates among children in Russia. In 2015, 685 cases of minors’ suicide were fixed. Interestingly, children often commit suicide under the influence of information posted on the social media and other Internet resources, Markin said.

According to the Investigative Committee representative, exacerbating the situation is that the problem of children’s suicide receives wide coverage on the Internet as a trend that provokes imitation by minors. It is necessary to negotiate an issue on authorizing a certain government body to monitor “suicide content” on the Internet, Markin added.