Overview

• The Moscow region court’s September 23 decision stripping Yekaterina Burnashkina of parental rights was appealed on September 29, but the filing was procedurally left without movement.
• Court data did not specify the deficiencies, and the appeal can proceed after corrections are made.
• Attorney Yelena Spiryayeva said a brief complaint was filed and that a full, reasoned appeal will follow upon receipt of the court’s motivated decision.
• In separate civil litigation, a first-instance court rejected Burnashkina’s suit alleging inaction by child-welfare authorities, and her defense will appeal that ruling.
• A criminal case remains open in Elektrostal under attempted murder provisions related to the newborn left in a Turkish airport, a case that followed Turkey’s February conviction and July reclassification that led to Burnashkina’s release.