Rights of parents keeping daughter in perinatal center for years restrictedMoscow’s Presnensky District Court has put limits on parental rights of a couple, who have been keeping their daughter in a city’s perinatal medical center for 5 years.10:17 06.02.2020
Punishment for minor crimes may be mitigated for convicted mothers, pregnant womenRussia’s Cabinet of Ministers submitted a bill mitigating punishment for pregnant women and women with children under the age of three years, who had committed non-serious crimes to the State Duma.11:31 05.02.2020
Boys abandoned at Moscow airport to be resigned to grandmother – children’s ombudsmanRussia’s child rights commissioner Anna Kuznetsova announced on Thursday that two minor boys, who had been left unattended in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport by their father, would be resigned to a grandmother.14:59 30.01.2020
Man giving up sons at Moscow airport surrenders to law enforcementA resident of Russia’s Khabarovsk Krai, who had given two his sons up at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, turned himself in one of the Investigative Committee’s units.12:58 28.01.2020
Probe opened into man giving up sons at Moscow airportA criminal case has been opened against a resident of Russia’s Khabarovsk Krai who had given two his sons up at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.15:47 27.01.2020
State Duma leans toward protection of minors’ housing rights after parents’ divorceA bill introducing new safeguards with respect to housing rights of children of divorcing couples into the Russian Family Code passed its third and final reading in the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, on Thursday.16:11 23.01.2020
Number of crimes committed by minors drops one third over 5 years - KuznetsovaThe number of crimes committed by or in complicity with underage persons has decreased by 27% over five years, Russia’s child rights commissioner Anna Kuznetsova states on Wednesday citing Interior Ministry statistics.16:17 22.01.2020
Moscow court to hear suit against parents keeping daughter in perinatal center for yearsMoscow’s Presnensky District Court will begin hearing a lawsuit for abridgement of parental rights of spouses, who have been keeping their daughter in a city’s perinatal medical center for 5 years.11:00 14.01.2020
Russian Prime Minister orders allocation of $360k for purchase abroad of drugs for childrenPrime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed an order to allocate 22 million rubles ($360,000) from the government’s reserve fund for additional purchase abroad of drugs unregistered in Russia for children suffering from serious chronic illnesses.16:54 13.01.2020
Number of sexual crimes against minors rises in Russia – child rights commissionerThe number of crimes against sexual inviolability of children has increased by 41.7% in the last 10 years, Russia’s child rights commissioner Anna Kuznetsova has told journalists at her news conference.17:30 24.12.2019
Infant death rate drops by 42% in last 10 years – Russian children’s ombudsmanThe child mortality rate has dropped by 42% in the last 10 years, according to Russia’s minors’ rights commissioner Anna Kuznetsova.16:12 24.12.2019
Couple keeping daughter in Moscow perinatal center for years face parental rights restrictionThe Presnensky District Court of Moscow will hear a lawsuit filed by a social protection division seeking to abridge parental rights of spouses, who have been keeping their daughter in a city’s perinatal medical center for 5 years.12:00 19.12.2019
Russian MPs give vote for better jail conditions for mothers, pregnant womenThe State Duma adopted a bill improving custodial conditions for pregnant women and mothers with kids aged up to 3 years in the third and final reading on Thursday.15:14 12.12.2019
Minors’ ombudsman to monitor palliative care provision to children in Russian regionsChildren’s ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova and the St. Petersburg children’s hospice will monitor the efficiency of palliative care in Russian regions.11:59 12.12.2019
Over 8,000 applications submitted to Russian children’s ombudsman in 2019Russia’s child rights commissioner Anna Kuznetsova received over 8,000 applications in the first eleven months of this year.12:12 11.12.2019
Russian MPs strive to better protect minors’ housing rights after parents’ divorceThe Russian lower house of parliament passed a bill introducing new safeguards with respect to housing rights of children of divorcing couples into the Russian Family Code, in the first reading on Thursday.17:07 05.12.2019
Russian and Kazakstani children’s ombudsmen sign cooperation agreementRussia’s child rights commissioner Anna Kuznetsova and her Kazakstani colleague Aruzhan Sain on Wednesday signed an agreement on cooperation in the protection of minors’ rights and interests.14:55 04.12.2019
Number of orphans’ complaints filed with Russian child rights commissioner risesThe number of applications filed by orphans with the Russian children’s ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova has increased by 10%.13:51 14.11.2019
Russian children’s ombudsman plans to return 32 more minors from IraqAnother 32 children are expected to be returned from Iraq to Russia in November, child rights commissioner Anna Kuznetsova told journalists on Thursday.16:48 24.10.2019
State Duma backs bill on better jail conditions for convicted mothers, pregnant womenA bill improving custodial conditions for pregnant women and mothers with kids passed its first reading in the State Duma on Thursday.15:57 24.10.2019