Russia and Ukraine: ‘Please don’t make the mistake we have’ – one Lesbian family’s account of running away from Russia

“We soon found out that we couldn’t work, but we thought there wouldn’t be a problem getting our daughter into school,” said Esenia.

“After her first week there, the director of the school told us that our daughter had three months left at school. She cited an ancient, obscure law, where when people come from another part of Russia, you need some papers to validate your child’s education, and of course we didn’t have them,” she said.

“She then said that once the three months were up, she would refer my daughter to the social services. That’s when we knew we needed to move,” she explained.

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