Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Anna Kuznetsova and Finland’s Ombudsman for Children Tuomas Kurttila discussed development of cooperation on matters concerning maternity and childhood.

Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Anna Kuznetsova took part in an expanded meeting of the Investigative Committee’s Coordination Council on Aid to Children in Southeastern Ukraine.

During her trip to Voronezh Region, Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Anna Kuznetsova toured the regional perinatal centre, a children’s home and the Parus Nadezhdy (Sail of Hope) rehabilitation centre for children with disabilities.

Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Anna Kuznetsova held a videoconference meeting of the Presidium of the Coordinating Council of Commissioners for Children’s Rights devoted to implementing the President’s instructions to comprehensively analyse the law enforcement practice on removing minors from families in terms of redundant measures or undue interference in families.

Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Anna Kuznetsova took part in a conference call at the Situations Centre of the State Inspection for Road Traffic Safety.

Anna Kuznetsova and Valentina Matviyenko discussed the priorities of the children's rights commissioners for 2017, including Presidential instructions regarding families.

Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Anna Kuznetsova chaired the first meeting of the interdepartmental working group on international aspects of protecting children’s rights.

This was the Public Council’s first meeting. More than 130 representatives of NGOs, including human rights organisations, charity funds, public associations, scientific and educational establishments, religious faiths, and the business community took part in the event.

The participants of the Expert Council’s first meeting included child protection experts, representatives of federal ministries and departments, researchers, Federation Council members and State Duma deputies.

Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Anna Kuznetsova met with her Finnish colleague Tuomas Kurttila.

Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Anna Kuznetsova and Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov discussed top priorities for child safety.

Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Anna Kuznetsova met with Director of the Federal Bailiff Service Artur Parfenchikov to discuss a number of issues related to protecting children’s right to property.

Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Anna Kuznetsova took part in the All-Russian Forum of Adoptive Families in Sochi. She also met with the regional ombudsmen and adoptive families of the Kuban Region and visited a specialised orphanage for children with organic lesions of the central nervous system.

Children’s Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova met with Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, who chairs the Presidential Coordination Council for Implementing the 2012–2017 National Children’s Strategy.

Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Anna Kuznetsova met with Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolai Nikiforov.

Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Anna Kuznetsova met with Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin, Minister of Labour and Social Protection Maxim Topilin, and Healthcare Minister Veronika Skvortsova.