Mother of twice abducted teenage twin is afraid of ex-husband released from pre-trial detention center

O the tragedy of Lyubov KanafinaLyuba’s mothers, “MK” wrote several times. At first, Lyubov became the happiest mother of twin boys, Misha and Pasha. And fought desperately for their lives. Pasha got out of this story almost without loss, Misha became disabled. And then Lyuba fought with despair when her ex-husband Anton chose to steal a healthy three-year-old son and hide in an unknown direction for 12 years. All these years, Love not only pulled Misha, which was not easy. But she did not lose hope of finding Pasha.

And here is luck! After the publicity, and the first of the publications about this drama was written by MK, Anton and his son were identified in Belarus, where he was hiding. And forced to return the boy to his mother. Hiding with his father for years, the boy not only became shy and secretive, but also lost many school subjects. Instead of the 9th grade, by age, I had to enroll him in the 8th grade of the school.

Pasha studied there for 3 days and … again his father took him away. And my own grandmother, Lyuba’s former mother-in-law, helped, took her away from the mother’s family. Again the days of tedious waiting, and Anton Kanafin, together with Pasha and his grandmother, were covered by the SC in Pushchino near Moscow.

– Lyuba, is Pasha already with you?

– Not. Now it’s the same as the first time. Rehabilitation center, psychologists … Back in September, Anton forced Pasha to record a video message that he did not want to live with me, allegedly. Than with mom, it’s better to go to an orphanage. Pasha was even taught to say that in September he himself ran away from us to his grandmother. Although the investigation knows that it was not so.

– How did you know that Pasha was found?

– They called me in the morning from the UK, it was October 26th. They asked for some time not to disclose information in the interests of the investigation. They, that is, my ex-husband Anton, Pasha and the former mother-in-law, were taken the night before in Pushchino. Pasha was taken to the hospital, and Anton and his mother were taken to the investigative committee. When Pasha was examined and also brought there, I caught a glimpse of him in the corridor as he passed. They also interrogated without me. Then they sent Pasha to a temporary center in Moscow.

– Do you visit him?

– Oh sure. Pasha was sick there at first, he was in the isolation ward. A psychologist works with him, the same as last time. And he says that now Pasha is much better than he was in the summer (after the first return – author). He speaks louder, more cheerfully, smiles more … He was tested on whether Pasha is well in our family. And found out that everything is in order. Pasha is cozy, warm, he has only good feelings for our family. “We played together, had fun, my brother asked a lot of questions,” he said about communication with Misha. We are going to take him home before the New Year, I hope.

– Was Misha waiting for his brother?

– Of course! He cried so much when Pasha was taken away. But Misha, unlike me, was not particularly worried this time. As if he knew that Pasha would be found.

– Lyuba, since Anton was detained, can I finally congratulate you? There is no threat of secondary abduction.

– No, it’s not like that. There is a threat, unfortunately. Anton’s article was reclassified from “Kidnapping” to “Malicious non-execution of a court decision.” Because, it turns out, there is a ruling of the Supreme Court that the article on abduction does not apply to parents, even those deprived of parental rights.

Is there a lighter punishment?

Yes, much softer. Imprisonment for up to one year or suspended or a fine of 50 thousand rubles.

– Is Anton in jail now?

– No, he only stayed there for 2 days. Now, it seems, he lives in Moscow with his parents. Waiting for judgment.

– So, you are again afraid that Anton can repeat all this and take Pasha away?

Yes, we are afraid. There are many such cases all over the country. This is not just some kind of gap – a gap in the legislation. A suspended sentence or 50 thousand for the fact that a person for more than 12 years mocked me and two children? After all, Pasha only went to school until the 4th grade. He does not have socialization with children, this is the class teacher said, with whom Pasha studied for 3 days. He did not communicate with classmates these days, did not know how …

– Did Pasha study in Pushchino?

– Of course not. Sitting at home again. They hid him, dad did not allow him to go outside. But he was inspired with all sorts of nasty things about us. Like the fact that your mother wants to take you away so that you become a servant of a sick brother, can you imagine? It’s necessary to think of it, to such slander. In these 2 months, he and his mother-in-law inspired Pasha that his mother was a fool, she purposely sent him to the 8th grade, and not to the 9th. But I barely begged the school, at first they wanted to put him in the 6th grade. They also said that my mother purposely filmed Pasha in his shorts and posted it on the social network that Misha and I were laughing and mocking Pasha … The Investigative Committee catches such fathers, and the court awards them 50 thousand fines and lets go. Is this normal?

What security measures will you be taking now?

– Now we will meet and accompany him to school. But from afar, so that classmates do not see it. The teenagers. We will also warn the school security.

– What would you like to say to Anton and his parents through the newspaper?

– I would say – leave Pasha alone, let him live quietly until the age of 18. Finish school in a normal environment … And then Pasha will decide for himself what to do and how to be.