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There are 8 item(s) tagged with the keyword "orphans".

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1. Brothers by Blood, if Nothing Else

The Independent journal People of Baikal profiled the Batrakov brothers: one who's stateside, the other on the front lines of Ukraine.

Tags: war in ukraine, orphans, social issues
2. Children with Child

From pressuring teens to abort to denying requested abortions, orphanages in Russia often mishandle pregnancy cases. 

Tags: social issues, pregnancy, teenagers, adoption, orphans, orphanage
3. Taken from Home to Belarus

Children from Russian-annexed Ukraine are being sent to camps in Belarus. Many don't return.

Tags: deportation, ukraine, orphans, belarus, missing
4. Bribing Orphans to Fight

Orphans in the Far East to be promised housing if they fight in Ukraine.

Tags: war in ukraine, orphans, far east
5. Short Film: Anya

A touching, short, CGI animated film looks at 20 years in the life of a Russian orphan.

Tags: childhood, film, orphans
6. Cosmic Robots, Cosmonaut Rituals, and Classrooms Resplendent

There are two kinds of fast learners: robots and schoolchildren. Meanwhile, an odd cosmonaut tradition comes under siege.

Tags: orphans, children, cat, traditions, cosmonauts, robots, robot, school
By Tiffany Zhu
7. Dina from Parallel Russia

In my capacity as a journalist, I usually tell unhappy stories about people’s lives that are almost inevitably destroyed by the government. Happy endings and happy people, on the contrary, are usually discovered by chance. The story I am about to tell you was brought to me by just one such chance.

Tags: society, orphans, ngos
By Ekaterina Vinokurova, Gazeta.ru
8. The Plight of Russia's Orphans

The statistics regarding Russia's orphaned and/or abandoned children are quite disturbing with Americans making up the majority of foreign adoptive parents. Reforms have been implemented but do little to improve living conditions in Russia's orphanages. What does the future hold for these children?

Tags: orphans, adoption
By Linda DeLaine

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