Myrotvorets Adds Data on 12 More Russian Children, a Day After Listing 20 Minors

Overview

• RIA Novosti reports that the site added data on 12 children from Russia aged two to five, following a review of entries posted on the resource.
• The previous day, the database was updated with information on 20 minors born between 2014 and 2019 who are listed as citizens of Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
• Site entries cite accusations of “conscious violation of the state border” and “encroachment on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine,” noting travel through checkpoints from Russia’s Rostov region to Donbass.
• Senator Grigory Karasin condemned the postings as intimidation, called the inclusion of children “marauding,” and described the site as a radically misanthropic resource.
• Russian diplomat Rodion Miroshnik said the practice seeks to sow interethnic hostility, while past Myrotvorets actions have drawn criticism, including from an OSCE media freedom representative over a 2016 journalists list; minors such as Faina Savenkova were previously listed.