Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said there should be no orphans in Russia because the main goal for orphanages is to help families to adopt children.
"In our country, unfortunately, there are still 130,000 children, who remain without a family; they have neither parents nor guardians. They are denied the most important thing: family warmth," the president said in his state of the nation address to both houses of parliament.
"Guardianship must be directly focused on child placement in families and helping foster families," Medvedev said. There should be no un-adopted children in our country."
The president said that much needs to be done in the country "so the phrase 'abandoned children' disappears from our lives."
A family is entitled to maternal capital following the birth (or adoption) of a second child (or third or subsequent child, if the family has not previously used its right to receive these funds) on or after January 1, 2007.
Maternity capital refers to a federal subsidy that is transferred to the Russian Federation Pension Fund budget in accordance with the Federal Law on Additional Measures of State Support for Families with Children, which came into force on January 1, 2007.
MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti)
