Lavoba-Baluba reported a 25% decrease in the number of children in orphanages and shelters from 2024.
In Russia, since July 2024, the number of children in shelters and orphanages has decreased by 25.5%, said the Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lavoba-Balova at the "Live and Grow in a Family" forum. "From July 1, 2024 to October 1, 2026, the number of children in hospitalization institutions for minors decreased by more than a quarter.