{"id":64200,"date":"2024-06-02T10:43:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T10:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/02\/46-children-were-taken-from-ukraine-many-are-up-for-adoption-in-russia\/"},"modified":"2024-06-02T10:43:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T10:43:22","slug":"46-children-were-taken-from-ukraine-many-are-up-for-adoption-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/02\/46-children-were-taken-from-ukraine-many-are-up-for-adoption-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"46 Children Were Taken From Ukraine. Many Are Up for Adoption in Russia."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cNavigator,\u201d the man who had ordered the children removed from the church, visited the foster home repeatedly. He would later be identified as Igor Kastyukevich, a Russian member of Parliament from Mr. Putin\u2019s political party, United Russia.<\/p>\n

Anna Kuznetsova, a deputy chairwoman in the Russian Parliament and Ms. Lvova-Belova\u2019s predecessor as children\u2019s rights commissioner, traveled from Moscow to deliver baby products on behalf of the party<\/a>. \u201c#WeDon\u2019tAbandonOurOwn,\u201d she wrote<\/a> on Telegram, using a pro-war hashtag to suggest that the children belonged to Russia.<\/p>\n

In interviews with The Times, Russian officials echoed that view, saying that the children from Kherson were Russian.<\/p>\n

In May, Mr. Putin fulfilled his promise to Ms. Lvova-Belova by issuing a presidential decree that eased citizenship requirements: In Kherson and other occupied regions, Ukrainian caregivers could now file for Russian citizenship on behalf of Ukrainian foster children and orphans.<\/p>\n

The decree also expedited the process so that children could become Russian citizens in 90 days or less, instead of up to five years.<\/p>\n

The next month, Ms. Korniyenko, the director of the foster home, was summoned to Kherson\u2019s Ministry of Health, now run by the occupation authorities. A Russian-backed official asked her to remain the director, but under his supervision. She was even offered a Russian passport.<\/p>\n

But Ms. Korniyenko refused. She\u2019d had enough of the occupiers, who, she said, intimidated the staff by asking them about their political views in a test of their allegiance and carried guns while monitoring the children.<\/p>\n

Dr. Lukina resigned, too. She cared deeply about the children, but she didn\u2019t want to have any role in what Russian-backed officials might do to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want to take part in it,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I was afraid that they would take me away as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

In search of a new director, the occupation authorities turned to Dr. Tetiana Zavalska, a pediatrician at the foster home who often worked night and weekend shifts. She was sympathetic to the new occupation administration and made clear her pro-Russian views.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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