MOSCOW, April 22. /TASS/. Russian diplomats are doing everything in their power to free Kristina Romanova, an underage Russian citizen being held under questionable circumstances in Mexico, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has assured.
"Our embassy, our diplomats in Mexico are doing everything necessary, everything possible, in fact, they are doing everything together with the central apparatus of the ministry, with the Commissioner for Children's Rights under the Russian President, Maria Lvova-Belova, and the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, Anna Kuznetsova, to assist the underage Russian citizen in this situation," the diplomat said. Zakharova promised to share new information with the media as soon as it becomes available.
As the ministry told TASS earlier, the Russian minor Kristina Romanova has been held against her will in a Mexican social welfare institution since October 2023. She was taken by local child protective services after a family conflict, but no official charges have been filed against her mother since that time. Currently, the girl is in a specialized shelter of the Mexican Attorney General's Office. Local authorities say that they are keeping her in practically complete isolation from the outside world as a protective measure.
