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We write in advance of the 94th pre-session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (“the committee”) and its review of Russia to highlight areas of concern regarding the government of Russia’s compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). This submission addresses articles 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, and 28 of the Convention, and covers children’s rights abuses by government-endorsed online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic, access to education during Covid-19 school closures, protection of education from attack, filtrations and transfers of children to Russia, and violations of children’s right to assembly.