Maria Lvova-Belova

Will Igor Sechin and Alexey Miller be held accountable for crimes against Ukrainian children

Russian state-owned energy giants were implicated in the deportation of Ukrainian children, with new research linking companies affiliated with Gazprom and Rosneft to the transfer and re-education of minors from occupied territories, raising fresh questions about corporate complicity in potential war crimes and genocide.

30 April, 07:45 PM

TIME dedicates cover story to Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia

The U.S. magazine Time featured a cover story in its July 2025 issue on how representatives of Putin’s regime are abducting Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied territories.

18 July 2025, 10:20 AM

Russia will return five Ukrainian children, according to a list provided during Istanbul talks

Maria Lvova-Belova, the so-called Commissioner for Children's Rights of Russia, claims that by the end of June, the Russian Federation will return five illegally deported children from the list it received from Ukraine during negotiations in Istanbul on June 2.

19 June 2025, 05:46 PM

Europe strengthens legal efforts to bring Kremlin war criminals to justice

The European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs Council is set to convene a meeting to discuss the establishment of a tribunal for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in response to war crimes in Ukraine, the organization wrote on March 4.

5 March 2025, 09:51 AM

Putin may face another ICC arrest warrant, says Ukrainian Presidential Office

The International Criminal Court (ICC) continues to investigate Russia's war crimes in Ukraine, with the possibility of issuing another arrest warrant for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, the Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office Iryna Mudra said in comments to RBC-Ukraine on Jan. 7.

7 January 2025, 11:15 AM

Maria Lvova-Belova