22 October 2017, 13:29
Dagestani pensioners recognize their grandson in video from Iraq
The spouses Akhmed and Patimat from Dagestan have asked the authorities to help to return their grandson from Iraq; they recognized the boy in a video from a Baghdad orphanage.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that Russian authorities are trying to return the children, who had been brought to Syria and Iraq by their parents, who allegedly joined terrorists, to their homeland.
Akhmed and Patimat, pensioners from Dagestan, have recognized their grandson in the video from Iraq, filmed in the Baghdad orphanage, the RT (Russia Today) reports.
The RT's report says that Akhmed and Patimat have urged the authorities to help to return their grandson from Iraq.
They began collecting documents to confirm their kinship with the boy; they last saw him two years ago. According to the spouses, in November 2015, their daughter and her child left Russia. Besides, the boy has a younger brother, who is now about one year old; there is no information about his whereabouts, the RIA "Novosti" has added.
Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.