On the justificatory verdict by the USA court which concerns Miles Harrison

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"We are utterly indignant about the court's verdict and consider it absolutely unjust and inadmissible", - declared the Director of Department of the Policy Concerning the Youth, Education and Social Protection of Children of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia Alina Levitskaya commenting on the justificatory verdict by the USA court which concerns Miles Harrison, who was charged in adopted child Dima Yakovlev's murder by accident.

"The justificatory verdict casts doubt on effectiveness and reliability of the protection of adopted children's rights system in the USA and will result in toughening the requirements to Russian children's adoption by USA citizens. We must be sure that our children's rights are entirely protected in this country; and if a tragic incident happens, even because of an action by accident, severe punishment will be inevitable", - stressed A. Levitskaya.

On account of this case the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation together with the Embassy of Russian Federation in the USA will press for accusatory verdict in compliance with the weight of the committed act, which led to the child's death.

At present the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia has already prepared the official inquiry to the State Department of the USA for the purpose of strengthening the control over adopted Russian children.