The Parliamentary Commission on Investigating Crimes of the Kiev Regime against Underage Children presented its final report.
Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Inna Svyatenko and Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Anna Kuznetsova co-chaired a meeting of the Parliamentary Commission on Investigating Crimes of the Kiev Regime against Underage Children.
The Deputy Speaker of the State Duma presented the commission’s final report. She stressed that the data in the document showed the scale of the Kiev authorities’ crimes. The member of parliament talked about the structure of the report and quoted some facts. According to Anna Kuznetsova, it is important to protect children, help the victims and identify the perpetrators. She also proposed developing a comprehensive rehabilitation programme for children.
Inna Svyatenko noted that, in the report, the crimes of the Kiev regime were presented according to the UN classification of crimes against children. “It was the most difficult part of this work because behind the cold facts and figures, there are heartbreaking tragedies.”
The Senator added that in late May, the Russian Foreign Ministry had submitted to the UN lists of Russian children killed by NATO’s weapons since 2014. On International Children’s Day on 1 June, a Ukrainian attack on the private houses in the Zaporozhye Region killed one more girl aged 13. In the middle of the day on 7 June, the Ukrainian army delivered a massive strike at civilian targets in Lugansk, which resulted in 60 victims, including two children, aged 8 and 16, who are now in hospital. “This part of our report will remain open-ended until the moment these crimes can be stopped and until the criminals in the Ukrainian official circles and the criminals who are pumping this gang with weapons, are punished. I believe that a tribunal awaits all of them in the future, and this report will be used as evidence of their crimes,” Inna Svyatenko stressed.
The Senator noted that authors of the report analysed how international legal bodies had assessed the incidents of violating underage children’s rights and freedoms by the Kiev regime. UNICEF, the Council of Europe, the OSCE, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Criminal Court has been deaf and blind to the crimes against our children. “The clear evidence of the suffering, to which the Kiev regime has condemned these helpless children, must become public – and not only in Russia. We will continue to raise awareness through Russian embassies, the organisations of Russian compatriots abroad, and other available channels.”
Inna Svyatenko stressed that the commission had reviewed Russian law and, specifically, how it protects the rights and security of children online. Using personal data, criminals manipulate teenagers via the internet and drag youngsters into terrorist activity. She said that, after analysing the materials available, the commission submitted a package of legislative initiatives to the State Duma. They will protect children from information that may be harmful to their health and development, introduce criminal liability for illegally using, transmitting, collecting and storing personal data, and toughen criminal liability for committing crimes that involve their public demonstration, including in the media, online and in other sources. The State Duma has already held the first readings of these initiatives. “The Federation Council is currently working to develop measures against engaging underage children into terrorist activity using photo images, audio and video content, including AI-generated content.”
The Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council believes that it is important to boost ICT literacy among teenagers, to prevent them from taking the bait from terrorist organisations. “Our further agenda includes developing measures for creating and promoting positive content for children and families,” the member of parliament emphasised.
Inna Svyatenko noted that the report also provided insight into the colossal work to integrate the reunified regions into the Russian social and humanitarian system, as well as efforts to develop, restore and, in some cases, build social infrastructure from the ground up in the liberated territories.
The Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council stressed that the parliamentary commission had done an enormous work. “The report fully serves its objective, which is to create a document to inform Russian citizens and the global community about Kiev’s crimes against children,” she said.
Inna Svyatenko noted that senators from the liberated regions already work in the Federation Council. “They will continue to document the crimes of the Kiev regime and help the affected families and children to the extent that Russian law prescribes,” she assured. “It takes time and unceasing efforts of the entire society and, of course, member of parliament, to help these children feel the warmth, kindness and security of home again.”