P. Astakhov: "In the Caucasus children are not left on their own"

The Commissioner for Children's Rights under the President of Russia, Pavel Astakhov, in an interview to VK said that the situation of orphans in the republics of the North Caucasus is positively different from Russia as a whole, and this is due to the strong traditions and purposeful activities in this area. According to him, the peoples of the North Caucasus, despite the tragedies fallen to their lot, were able to preserve their culture and traditions, including with regard to child-rearing. "Despite the challenges and trials that fell to the lot of the Caucasian peoples, in particular, the Chechen people, Dagestan , Ingushetia , Karachai, Cherkess, in general, no one was spared, but the tradition is so strong that family placement of children is not a topic which is necessary to promote in the Caucasus." The children's ombudsman reported the results of inspections carried out: "Three years ago we had a very large comprehensive inspection of the North Caucasus; there was not even a federal district then. We visited all child care institutions of the North Caucasus, all the republics in all the regions of the Russian Federation and paid attention to the fact that even the number of orphans that was present was lower than average for Russia."