In Buryatia, the regional office of the Children’s Protection Fund began its work

In Buryatia, a regional branch of the All-Russian public-state organization “Children’s Defense Fund” was created, it was headed by the Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Republic Veronika Shtykina. This was reported by the Ombudsman in his social networks. Shtykina said that the branch of the fund was registered on September 25, and the term of her powers as chairman will be 5 years.

Veronika Shtykina also noted that the personnel decision was made on the recommendation of the Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova and agreed with the head of Buryatia Alexei Tsydenov.

Veronica Shtykina will have to form a full-fledged structure and establish organizational and legal processes in order to start its main activities in the near future. The Executive Director of the Buryat regional branch of the Fund appointed Alexandra Krasovskaya, who has experience in the non-profit sector and the social sphere.

The Foundation for the Protection of Children was created on behalf of the President of Russia and is designed to build a vertical “regions – federal center” to support families in situations where regional or federal support measures do not work. In April 2026, the head of state appointed Maria Lviv-Belova as chairman of the organization. Earlier, she held a meeting with the regions, where she noted that the Fund’s activities will develop in several areas, including targeted assistance to families in difficult life situations, support for the introduction of stationary replacement technologies, judicial protection of parents and training of specialists.