Fate of 7-year-old still to be decided in Finnish Turku

Presidential envoy on child care Pavel Astakhov is in Turku, Finland to regulate the situation with the 7-year-old Robert Rantala holding double Russian-Finnish citizenship. The boy was taken away from his parents in early February on suspicion of child abuse. Later the boy fled from the child care facility he was placed in to his parents. The Russian envoy calls on the Finnish authorities to revisit their decision. Astakhov is sure the boy is better off with the parents and should be counseled and given legal advice by lawyers rather than sent to an orphanage again. The Finnish side is now looking in to the matter. Astakhov is meeting with the boy and his mother Inga Rantala later in the day.