As for the recent seizure, the government was obliged to intervene, said Vladimir Babichev, a top welfare official in Tverskaya Region, where it occurred.
WSJ: After Adoption Law, Russia Debates Seizure of Children
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"The issue was saving their lives, " Mr. Babichev said.
WSJ: After Adoption Law, Russia Debates Seizure of Children
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The family appeared on welfare officials' radar in 2010 when their then-two-year-old son, Pavel, was hospitalized with burns after he sat in a bucket of water his mother had boiled on the wood stove to wash clothes, according to Mr. Babichev.
WSJ: After Adoption Law, Russia Debates Seizure of Children