MOSCOW, July 30. /TASS/. More than 400 Russian children have been returned to Russia from Syria, Iraq, and Pakistan, Russian children’s rights ombudswoman Maria Lvova-Belova said in a report for 2022 that was posted on her website on Sunday.

"69 minors were returned to Russia in 2022 and the overall number of children who have been returned from Syria, Iraq, and Pakistan has exceeded 400," the report says.

According to the report, the ombudswoman’s offices and children’s ombudspersons in Russian regions are keeping a close eye on issues of social rehabilitation of children returned from combat operation zones in the Middle East.