Russia's Medvedev in Finland To Discuss 'Family Affairs'

Children's Rights Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov said in this regard that, altogether, social services in Finland took 12 thousand children from their parents. In most cases it happened against the will of the kids. However, the Finnish authorities have no intentions to abolish the law allowing to constantly resort to such measures. They are also impeding the signing of the contract with Russia for assistance and cooperation in family and civil matters.

Thus, negotiations between Dmitry Medvedev and Tarja Halonen are expected to be highly charged. Roundwood, visas, Euro-Atlantic security issues and family matters – these are four issues that, in some way, tarnish the overall good relations between the two countries. This is why it is the intention of the Russian side to carefully discuss them.

Vadim Trukhachev
Pravda.Ru

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