The author is the chairman of the board of directors of the organization The Right of the Child (Pravo Rebyonka), and a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.
For those in Russia with an interest in preserving the status quo, youth justice is a Western invention with no place in their country. Others disagree. But the two positions share some features, so Boris Altshuler appeals to them to put their differences aside and make common cause for the sake o