Kidnapping? Child Abduction? Or the parent's exercise of their legal rights? With this column, I begin a series of stories about the lawful and illegal cases of the movement of children abroad. How each parent can defend their rights. What everyone should know ...

How to get a Russian passport or apply for a Russian pension while in the United States? How to recover documents or get their copies from Russia and the countries of the former USSR? How to draw up all sorts of powers of attorney for all occasions and issue notarized translations of official documents ...