"The Russian side will make every effort to return to their homes all minors who are now with convicts or under investigation mothers in conditions of imprisonment in Iraq," RIA Novosti quotes.

Earlier, Kuznetsova reported that over a hundred Russian children are in Iraqi prisons. According to her, half of them will be returned on the first flight as documents are prepared.

Kuznetsova said that some of the children were not found relatives. Relatives of some more did not want to take the children to themselves.

In addition, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that on December 30, 30 Russian children would return home from Iraq.