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Media coverage, TV appearances and press publications about our office's work
A mother smuggled her son into the US via Mexico, then demanded 250,000 dollars from the father in exchange for contact with the child. The case went to federal court in California.
Read the materialA mother brought her daughter from Moldova to Moscow against the father's will. The case took an unexpected turn, ending not in court but through a settlement — how and why that became possible.
Read the materialKomsomolskaya Pravda covers Vika's case — one of the most widely followed in Russian practice on returning children from abroad. The piece that first brought this story to a national audience.
Read the materialA 2024 case: a child held abroad with time running out. The attorney explains which tools worked — and why delay in such situations can be fatal.
Read the materialFour real cases from our practice: children taken to the United States and the legal path that brought them home. A close look at how the Hague Convention operates in the Russia–US context.
Read the materialMiami, 2022: a child held unlawfully abroad during one of the most difficult periods for cross-border cases. How the case was resolved under those conditions.
Read the materialA child from the Anapa region returned home after proceedings involving foreign courts. A local Telegram channel captured the moment.
Read the materialA brief post marking the end of a case: a child held in New York has been returned to the parent in Russia. No commentary — just the result.
Read the materialThe final episode covering Vika's case. How an international standoff over a child came to its conclusion — broadcast live.
Read the materialMonths after Vika disappeared, it emerged she was in the United States and her father was evading justice. The second episode of the programme traces the search and the American trail.
Read the materialSeven-year-old Vika from Khabarovsk was taken abroad by her father for a holiday — and never brought back. The first broadcast in which the story went public and the work to bring her home began.
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