Astakhov asked to check information about sexual violence against Maxim Kuzmin in Russia

Pavel Astakhov, the Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Russian Federation, asked the Russian law enforcement agencies to verify the information that Maxim Kuzmin was in a certain “transit” family, where he was subjected to sexual violence before being sent to the United States.

"I sent today to the Investigative Committee and Prosecutor General of the appeal to investigate these circumstances," Astakhov said in an interview with Russia-24 .

Earlier this was stated by the adoptive American mother Kuzmina Laura Chateau.

"This family today has adopted such a method of protection. They say that, they say, the child was subjected to sexual violence while still in Russia, being in some kind of transit family," Astakhov said.

He noted that in his appeal to the heads of law enforcement agencies, he asks to find out who had Kuzmin before going to the United States.

Three -year -old Maxim Kuzmin, adopted last fall in the United States together with his younger brother Kirill, on January 21, "was beaten, according to investigators, a receptionist, who for a long time fed him with strong psychotropic drugs," said Pavel Astakhov, authorized by the President of the Russian Federation for the President of the Russian Federation. According to the children's ombudsman, the child was diagnosed with numerous injuries, he died before the arrival of doctors.

The US State Department called the statements of the Russian authorities "absolutely incorrect" and "irresponsible."

Nevertheless, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case under the article "Murder".

According to the conclusion of Texas forensic experts, the boy died as a result of an accident - the child inflicted a fatal injury to himself .

Today, the results of the autopsy became known: more than 30 bruises and abrasions were counted on the body of the deceased Maxim Kuzmin.