Pavel Astakhov

Russian children's rights ombudsman backs parental notification abortion bill

18:20 27/03/2015 Russia's children’s rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov backed a bill requiring medical centers to tell parents of girls who are minors they want to have an abortion.

Russia's child rights ombudsman requests life-long supervision of pedophiles – report

11:22 04/03/2015 Russia's children’s rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov has addressed federal officials requesting an obligatory life-long administrative supervision of convicted pedophiles after they served their sentence.

Russia's top investigator suggests making possession of child porn a crime

15:48 11/12/2014 The head of Russia's Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, has proposed to make it a criminal offence to possess child pornography.

Scottish court rules in favor of Russian teenager in sexual abuse case

13:43 05/12/2014 A court in Scotland has ruled in favor of a Russian teenager from St. Petersburg who was charged with sexually abusing a woman, Russian children’s ombudsman Pavel Astakhov reported on Instagram on Friday.

Russia's child rights ombudsman vows to prohibit sex education at schools

15:06 01/12/2014 Russia's children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov has said there would be no sex education lessons in Russia, no matter what Europe says on this matter, Interfax reports on Monday.

Russian children’s rights ombudsman raises Ukrainian refugees question

16:36 04/06/2014 Russian children’s rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov will contact the Prosecutor General of Ukraine to petition for an arrangement of humanitarian corridor to Russia, to ensure safety of the children in the Eastern Ukraine.

Russian court revokes adoption of orphan by US family

17:58 23/12/2013 The Pskov Regional Court revoked the adoption by American parents of Russian orphan Kirill Kuzmin, whose older brother Maxim died while under the adoptive parents' care earlier this year.

116 orphans adopted in Russia after US adoption ban - ombudsman

14:43 23/07/2013 More than 100 Russian orphans, who have not been adopted by Americans because of the Dima Yakovlev law, found adoptive parents in Russia, Children's Rights Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov told journalists on Tuesday.

Children's ombudsman protests against sex education in schools

16:47 10/07/2013 Russian children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov has sent a letter to Education Minister Dmitry Livanov, governors and his regional colleagues to warn them about the dangers of the planned sex education lessons in schools.

Children's Rights Ombudsman reports violence against Russian child

12:51 01/07/2013 Children's Rights Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov has reported another case of a Russian child being violently abused abroad.

No more Russian adoptees to US – Kremlin ombudsman

11:09 27/06/2013 No more Russian children would be allowed to join potential adoptive families in the United States despite calls from US officials for flexibility with adoptions that were “in process” before Moscow banned Americans from adopting Russian children earlier this year.

Parents demand 'content clean-up' in leading Russian social network

15:15 07/06/2013 The Urals Parents' Committee public foundation has appealed to Children's Rights Commissioner Pavel Astakhov and law enforcement agencies to suspend the VKontakte social network in order to cleanse it of content that is harmful to children.

Dima Yakovlev law to stay in place - ombudsman

15:52 31/05/2013 The Dima Yakovlev law will be neither reviewed nor canceled, Children's Rights Commissioner Pavel Astakhov told journalists on Friday. The Dima Yakovlev law prohibiting US nationals from adopting Russian children was signed by President Vladimir Putin in late 2012 and came into force in January 2013.

Ombudsman to join forces with communications regulator to protect children

14:31 17/05/2013 Children's Rights Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov and the head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Communications (Roskomnadzor) Alexander Zharov have signed an agreement on cooperation to protect children from information harmful to their health and development.

US authorities may shut down Ranch for Kids - Astakhov

15:24 24/04/2013 US regulators may close the Ranch for Kids program that accommodates several Russian orphans rejected by their adoptive families, Children's Rights Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov's press office told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

Russia child rights advocate denies plagiarism charge

15:20 04/04/2013 The Kremlin’s child rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov dismissed on Thursday accusations of plagiarism over his PhD dissertation which have recently gone viral on the Russian blogosphere.

Texas parents agree to annul 2003 adoption of Russian children - Astakhov

13:47 04/04/2013 Children's Rights Commissioner Pavel Astakhov has confirmed the media reports that Michael and Penny Deckert have given up their parental rights to their three adopted Russian Children.

Investigators urged to probe Russian orphan organ transplants in the US

19:32 01/04/2013 Russian Children Rights Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov has asked the Foreign Ministry and the Prosecutor General’s Office to investigate claims that the organs of adopted Russian children who have died in the United States have been removed and given to other children.

Children's ombudsman demands police materials on Maxim Kuzmin's death in US

14:17 19/03/2013 Children's rights commissioner Pavel Astakhov insists that US authorities forward all documents related to the death of Maxim Kuzmin, a Russian boy adopted by a Texan family.

Anti-pedophile group chief requests inquiry into ombudsman's activities

16:56 14/03/2013 Sergei Zhuk, the leader of the Head Hunters informal anti-pedophile community, has asked the Prosecutor General's Office to look into the activity of Children's Rights Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov, and to open seven criminal cases against him.

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