This is stated in a message published on the website of the Commissioner for the Rights of the Child in the region of Tamara Litvinova.
It is noted that thanks to the efforts of the Ombudsman, local authorities and guardianship, “the mother of the children received a passport, adult children received a temporary identity card, and one minor child received a copy of the birth certificate”.
Moreover, "in relation to the remaining 5 minor children, the guardianship and trusteeship authorities of the Gatchina district sent a statement of claim to establish the fact of their birth to the Gatchina city court."
As specified, at present "children are in the hospital."
“At the end of a full medical examination, they will be transferred to a social and rehabilitation center for minors,” the press service added.
Previously detained on suspicion of violence against a child, a father of many children, Andrei Bovt, was charged under four articles of the Criminal Code of Russia.
On December 17, it became known that a child suspected of rape was detained in the village of Himozi, Leningrad Region. According to the investigation, the torture continued from 2012, now the girl is 13 years old.
An arsenal of weapons was also found in the house where the family lived.