Re-unite little Max with his father!

Here I appeal to all who can be interested to protect the rights of a one-year old Canadian stranded in Russia because of ill will of his mother.

My wife Julia Ilina, a Russian national, abducted our one-year-old son Max in summer 2009 and has since forcibly detaining a baby in her Moscow apartment. What%u2019s worse, Julia left the baby to the custody of her own mother and doesn%u2019t take care of my son.

Julia%u2019s reason is as simple as fony: allegedly I, a Canadian citizen, will be able to bring Max, a Canadian citizen, back to Canada any time without her consent.

Regardless of her actual motivation, Julia prevents Max to keep company with his father (that is, me) for months now. As a result, I have been unable even to take a photo of the child to apply for his travel passport and am effectively trapped in Moscow.

I filed a claim to a court in Moscow in Sept 2009. Still, my chances to win a case in a Russian court versus a Russian respondent are next to zero. 

This is why I have to publish this address. I consider it as my last resort for the time being. I bear a hope that there are some international human rights groups as well as the individuals that deal with children%u2019s rights of this kind.

I%u2019ll be grateful for any help, any advice, any action that could free my baby-son of his hijacker-mother.

Thank you.