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Preparations are underway for next return of Russian children from Syria – Kuznetsova

Preparations are underway for the next return of Russian children from Syria, the country’s child rights commissioner Anna Kuznetsova announced on Friday.

15:42 21.08.2020

Pair may be deprived of parental rights for juggling their baby – Prosecutor General’s Office

The Central District Court of the town of Sochi is to hear a case against a married couple, who have published on the internet a video record demonstrating their abusive treatment of their baby daughter.

14:31 21.08.2020

Surrogacy center CEO to remain detained till mid-September in kids trade case

The Moscow City Court has upheld detention of CEO of the European Surrogacy Center Vladislav Melnikov in a case over trafficking of surrogate mothers’ children.

15:19 20.08.2020

Twenty six children returned from Syria – Russian child rights commissioner

An airplane of Russia’s Defense Ministry with twenty six Russian children onboard returned from Syria overnight into Tuesday, according to the press service of the minors’ ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova.

12:02 18.08.2020

Russia’s Ombudsman reports rise in family rights protection complaints in 2020

The number of applications concerning protection of family, motherhood, fatherhood and childhood rights filed with the Office of Russia’s High Commissioner of Human Rights in the first half of 2020 increased twice as compared to the same period of the previous year, federal ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova said during the Rights and Responsibility of Fathers roundtable on Friday.

15:10 14.08.2020

Russian children’s ombudsman welcomes foreign drug purchase liberalization

Russia’s Child Rights Commissioner has supported liberalization of purchase of certain foreign drugs.

17:26 07.08.2020

Appeal against surrogacy center CEO’s detention in kids trade case set for August 12

The Moscow City Court will consider an appeal against detention of CEO of the European Surrogacy Center Vladislav Melnikov in a case over trafficking of surrogate mothers’ children on August 12.

17:51 04.08.2020

Russia’s Children Ombudsman backs SMA cure to be put on essential drugs list

The Russian Children’s Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova believes that the adding of Spinraza medication to the Governmental list of vital and essential drugs is to become an important step in treatment of children suffering from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

14:16 04.08.2020

Russia’s Civic Chamber member urges creation of institute of jurors on family matters

The institute of jurors on family matters needs to be introduced as an additional mechanism protecting rights of parents in cases their children have to be removed by social workers.

17:32 30.07.2020

Appeals against detention of three child trafficking case defendants set for August 3

The Moscow City Court will consider appeals against detention of three defendants in a case over trafficking of surrogate mothers’ children on August 3.

10:46 30.07.2020

Children’s Ombudsman to turn to law enforcers over alleged child abuse in Urals monastery

Russia’s Children Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova is to ask the Prosecutor General’s Office and the federal Investigative Committee to launch a probe into allegations of child abuse in a nunnery situated near town of Sredneuralsk in the Sverdlovsk Region.

16:00 27.07.2020

Parents start addressing Russia’s Children’s Ombudsman about new school year

The office of Children Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova has been already receiving applications of parents concerned about the format of education, schedules and organization of meals in the next school year.

12:52 27.07.2020

Russia’s Child Rights Commissioner and Statistics Service head sign cooperation agreement

Russia’s Child Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova and Chief of the Federal State Statistics Service Pavel Malkov have signed a cooperation agreement..

10:59 27.07.2020

Foreigners seek for Russian rights advocates’ help in return of surrogate mothers’ kids

Foreign families, who cannot take their surrogate mothers’ children, have applied for help to Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights.

16:21 23.07.2020

Russia’s Children Rights Commissioner calls for creation of common forum on family law

Russia’s Ombudsman for Children Anna Kuznetsova has expressed an idea that there is a need for establishing a common forum, which is to bring together all relevant agencies as well as the expert and civil community in order to formulate a consensus with respect to changes in the family law and assessment of the respective initiatives.

15:57 23.07.2020

State Duma MPs back mitigation of punishment for convicted mothers, pregnant women

A bill mitigating punishment for pregnant women and women with children under the age of three years convicted of non-serious crimes passed second and third readings in the State Duma.

17:04 21.07.2020

Investigators seek to detain four defendants in child traffic case

Investigators seek to detain four defendants in a case over trafficking of surrogate mothers’ children

11:38 16.07.2020

Russian minors' ombudsman kicks start to summer health promotion campaign monitoring

Russia’s Child Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova has given a start to the annual monitoring of the summer health promotion campaign in regions.

13:51 08.07.2020

Case over sexual battery of 1.5-year girl must be reconsidered - Kuznetsova

Russia’s Child Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova believes a case over sexual battery against a 1.5-year girl by her father is to be reconsidered to the fullest extent of the law.

15:58 03.07.2020

Kuznetsova keeps track of case of man acquitted of sexual battery of 1.5-year daughter

Russia’s Children Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova holds control over the situation in the Republic of Tatarstan where a court has acquitted a man of sexual battery against his 1.5-year daughter.

16:24 29.06.2020