Artem Saveliev send back home to Russia
Home Alone
In the center of attention today is the fate of 8-year-Artem Saveliev
The day before he flew to Moscow on his own from the United States.
The note, which he had brought, said that his American adoptive parents, namely, his mother decided to abandon him. According to some reports, the boy at the airport was supposed to be met by a businessman from Moscow – it is said senior inspector juvenile ATS Tver district of Moscow, Natalia Tereshkina
The boy had a Russian passport with expired U.S. visa. The Russian government is already searching for a foster family in Russia for Artem Savelyev- said in a TV channel Russia-24 Chief of custody and guardianship of Tverskaya area Larisa Bondarev.
According to Bondareva, the child did not know that his foster mother refused from him, he was told that he was going on a tour to Moscow.
The accompanying note said that the foster mother abandons the child for the safety of her own family, it is argued that the management of the orphanage in Partisansk, where Artem was raised, didn’t warn the family about psychological instability of the child. “This is not true”, – said in an interview with NTV director of the Department of Education and Science of Primorsky area Vera Kuznetsova. According to her, the guardianship board of Primorye will be in court to seek the cancellation of Artem Saveliev’s adoption.
The orphanage director in Partizansk, Irina Guseva, argues that there never have been any special problems with Artem.
Artem was in an orphanage after his biological mother’s right has been terminated.
U.S. officials still do not comment anything about Artem Saveliev’s story. However, the U.S. embassy told us that, perhaps, diplomats will say something later. It is possible that this will be the ambassador himself, John Byerly. By some accounts, last night, U.S. diplomats have tried to go to hospital, where Artem was placed, but they were not let in.
Adoption Statistics
The problem of adoption of orphans rises each year in Russia and becomes more acute. According to official statistics, every year only about 10 percent of orphans find adoptive parents.
Year by year the number of orphans in Russia is growing. Most of them have remained in orphanages. In 2007 in Russia, there were nearly 750 thousand children without parents. According to the Ministry of Education, of which only 14 thousand have been adopted. However, the number of children who fall under guardianship was much bigger, nearly 90 thousand. But this is not the main point. More than half a million children have remained in institutions. Statistics from the General Prosecutor office on orphans is very sad. Only 10 percent of boys of girls are adapting to life. The rest either become addicted to drugs or get up on a bad track, or commit suicide.
In the adoption of Russian children foreigners play a significant role. In general, they are Americans. Annually thousands of orphans from the Russian educational institutions are leaving to the States. In 2002, American families adopted 4900 young Russians. In 2003 – 5200. However, later cases was less. Three years ago, from Russia to the states moved a little over 2 thousand orphans. State Department statistics show that Americans prefer adopting children from neighboring Guatemala or from distant Ethiopia. Mainly due to the fact that the process of adoption of Russian children has become harder and longer. Unfortunately, participation and cases where the adoptive children ill-treated in their new families. However, as time has shown, most boys and girls who have been adopted by the Americans are now receiving everything that is necessary for the children of their age.
Statistics show that most American parents are adopting children from China.
Russia intends to conclude with other countries in bilateral agreements for the protection of adopted children. Itar Tass said the head of the Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs Konstantin Kosachev. According to him, Russia already has a similar experience. The first such agreement signed and ratified by Italy. Negotiations are in progress with the United States. At the same time, U.S. officials point to have the Hague Convention on international adoption. According to Kosachev, Russia also wants to ratify it, however, Russia still has questions to this document.
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