The YABLOKO party expresses its resolute protest against
the intention of the State Duma to adopt an amendment into
the controversial draft law "On measures against persons
involved in the violation of the rights of citizens of the
Russian Federation" (the so-called "Dima Yakovlev
Law") as a “response” by the Russian authorities to the
Magnitsky Act adopted in the US. The amendment bans the adoption
of Russian children by US citizens
We do not think that the adoption of the Magnitsky Act was
right, as the "punishment" in the form of a refuse
to issue visas is not based on a court decision. Actually
in dealing with this foreign policy issue the US abolished
a juridical approach they are guided in the solution of domestic
issues.
However, the "response" of the Russian Duma turned
out to be not even more unlawful, but simply disgusting. The
victims of legal nihilism of the Russian lawmakers are not
Americans (who will simply adopt children in other countries),
but the most vulnerable category of the Russian citizens –
the orphans.
Indeed, for the past ten years 19 children adopted from Russia
were killed in the US. However, since the collapse of the
USSR Americans have adopted about 100,000 Russian children,
many of whom had serious illnesses and had no chance to be
adopted in Russia. For comparison, in Russia for 15 years
after the collapse of the Soviet Union, 1,220 children adopted
by Russian citizens were killed. According to the data from
the official website of the Investigative Committee of Russia,
dozens of cases of murder of children (including infants)
by their own parents in Russia were documented only in 2012.
Following the example of the Bolsheviks the Russian government
takes a "revenge" on the enemy by making maximum
possible damage to its own citizens, in this case to the desolate
and helpless children, whom they regard as their ownership,
as serfs.
We demand that the State Duma should revoke the controversial
draft law and stop its cowardly trading children rather than
conducting a fair and objective investigation of corruption,
including that in the wardship and guardianship authorities.
Sergei Mitrokhin,
YABLOKO Chairman
See also:
Human
Rights
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