A Russian woman has been jailed for six years for repeatedly stabbing her young grandson for not fetching the television remote control for her , prosecutors said on Friday. The year-old woman "stabbed her five-year-old grandson three times in the stomach and chest with a kitchen knife after he did not pass her the remote control ," the regional prosecutor's office in the Siberian Krasnoyarsk region said in a statement. The woman had been drinking but was found to be sane, it said. The child survived and later told investigators that he was attacked because "he couldn't find the remote".
Russian Grandmothers and Their Roles in the Family
As in many cultures, grandmothers in Russia play a significant part in the family. In place of nannies, grandmothers become the child caretakers and have a strong influence on the children's upbringing. Grandmothers in Russia are considered a special member of the family and are shown much love and respect. The Russian word for grandmother is babushka , a term used to address one's own grandmother as well as any woman of grandmotherly age.
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