CPS took 7 children away from a mother who had the fire in her house.
It's clear that in this case the family needs help and support, but CPS always waits for the problem to use it for taking kids away from parents.
A single mother from Saratov, Anastasia Perevalova, knows this cruel truth too now.
The woman's house burned down in 2022.
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She moved to her mother to a tiny room and turned to local authorities for help.
She was not provided with any kind of help, and 5 children were sent to an orphanage due to poor living conditions.
At that time, the woman was pregnant with twins, but after giving birth, her sons were taken away right in the hospital!
In addition, the mother, who has a salary bout 30 thousand rubles a month (about 350$) was charged monthly alimony in the amount of 80 thousand rubles (100$), based on the average salary in the country.
Now she owes more than 2 million rubles.
Now Anastasia, with the help of activists, hopes to get her children back.
The lawyer noted that when the mother has better living conditions, she has a chance to get kids back.
Elina Zhgutova, the main Russian fighter with CPS outrage, believes that this situation does not fit into the idea of sympathy or help.
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What about simple human relations when a person gets help when he needs it, and he isn't afraid to do it??
The woman didn't get any help from CPS, but she got a debt! So what has she do now - to pay the debt or to fight for kids??
On March 26, 2025, Anastasia was sentenced to six months of correctional labor for failure to pay child support.
Elina and her community helped the mother to find money, and she wasn't sent to prison.
Now she has NO debt any more, and Elina does her best to help her with kids come back.