The Deputy Prosecutor General also proposed introducing liability for mediation in the adoption of children, including criminal liability. “We must create a committee or ministry at the federal level and legislatively assign their responsibilities to all departments, but make this committee the head one,” Kolesnikov said, speaking in the State Duma on Wednesday. Concerned about the rights of orphans, the official proposed using “the most severe measures” against unscrupulous adoptive parents. The Deputy Prosecutor General did not specify which ones.