IN BRIEF

Published: February 20, 2013 (Issue # 1747)

Maternity Death

ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) — The Investigative Committee of St. Petersburg has opened a criminal case into the death of a female citizen of Afghanistan who died in a city maternity home on Oct. 19 last year, Interfax reported.

The investigation established that on that day the 33-year old woman had a Caesarian section. However, the medical help that she received at Maternity Home No. 6 on Ulitsa Mayakovskogo did not meet health and safety requirements, leading to the woman’s death.

The criminal case was opened under part two of Article 238 of the Russian Criminal Code (on the rendering of services which do not meet standards of safety to the lives or health of consumers).

Personal Data Ruling

ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) — The Nevsky district court of St. Petersburg has forced at least three Internet sites to delete the personal data of Russian citizens, Interfax reported last week.

The court’s decision was based on a claim by the Russian Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Communications Watch. The case involves the domain names of Golix.ru, Durix.ru and Telefon-spravka.rf.

The Russian Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Communications Watch also sent a request to the authorized bodies of France, India and the U.S. and registrars of domain names located in those countries about deleting the personal data of Russians from nine Internet sites registered in the .com, .info and .net domain zones.

Attitudes on Adoption

ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) — No more than 14 percent of Russians would consider adopting a child and 80 percent believe it is an unacceptable option for them, a poll by the All-Russia Public Opinion Research Center, or VTSIOM, said, Interfax reported.

Those who see adoption as an unacceptable option give reasons such as their age (30 percent), financial status (22 percent) and the presence of a biological child in the home (15 percent).

Fewer respondents list concerns about their housing conditions (7 percent) and problems with health (3 percent) as reasons for opting out of adoption.

Four percent more confessed that they are not ready for such responsibility, as many said they first wanted to have their own child or are unwilling to take care of others’ children.

Three percent said they would consider adopting the child of a relative or friend.

Zenit Beats Liverpool

ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) — Local soccer team Zenit St. Petersburg defeated the English side FC Liverpool 2:0 in the first leg of the last 16 of the UEFA Europa League in St. Petersburg last week. The return match is scheduled for February 21.