A large family from Tuapse filed a lawsuit over the refusal to provide their daughter with baby food.

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Tatyana Pimenova and Sergey Kartashov from Tuapse filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Social Protection of the Krasnodar Territory, demanding that their newborn daughter be provided with specialized baby food.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," the large family of Tatyana Pimenova and Sergey Kartashov from Tuapse has encountered interruptions in the supply of specialized baby food for their newborn daughter. According to the parents, despite timely paperwork and medical indications, the child did not receive the required nutrition for several months.

On February 2, Tatyana Pimenova and Sergey Kartashova filed a lawsuit in the Tuapse District Court against the Ministry of Social Protection of the Population (USZN) of Krasnodar Krai. They demanded that their minor daughter's rights to free specialized baby food be restored.

The lawsuit, a copy of which is in the possession of the "Caucasian Knot," states that "the child has the right to free specialized baby food in accordance with Article 41 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Federal Law "On the Fundamentals of Health Protection of Citizens in the Russian Federation," as well as laws and regulations of the Krasnodar Krai regulating social support measures for families with children."

"Between May 1 and June 30, 2025, the child was not provided with food due to the fault of social welfare agencies," the lawsuit states, adding that "26 cans of specialized food were not received over two months."

The demands include "compulsory action to the Krasnodar Krai Ministry of Social Protection for the Tuapse District to restore the child's right to free meals in accordance with the medical report, as well as to recover the lost food and legal costs."

A court representative in the civil registry of the Tuapse District Court confirmed to a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the lawsuit against the ministry was filed on February 2 by Tatyana Pimenova. "A judge will review it within five days, and the application will be forwarded to him." "Based on the results, one of three decisions will be made: to accept and schedule the case for hearing, to leave it pending with instructions to correct any deficiencies, if any, or to return the claim if it does not meet the established requirements," the court employee reported.

The family decided to file the lawsuit after unsuccessful appeals to social welfare agencies, Tatyana Pimenova told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

"We filed complaints several times, but our pre-trial demands were never considered on the merits. Only after contacting the prosecutor's office were we advised to go to court instead of seeking real assistance and filing a protest against the unlawful actions against the child. We're hoping that the court will at least accept the claim for consideration, and then we hope to involve the prosecutor's office in the case for its opinion, so that it can weigh in on whether it's legal to deprive infants of vital nutrition, even if it's provided by law," said the mother of many children. The situation has become a serious test for the family, Sergei Kartashov told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. "This isn't about privileges, but about a child's legal right to nutrition." "We have gone through all the courts and hope that the court will now give a legal assessment of the officials' actions," he emphasized.

The couple added that they hope their violated rights will be restored and that similar situations will not be repeated with other families who may not have the means to fight for free meals for their children.

As a reminder, Sergey Kartashov and Tatyana Pimenova, a married couple from Tuapse, appealed the authorities' decision to force their low-income, large family to relocate to an apartment that does not meet social standards. Previously, in 2023, a court in Tuapse ordered the authorities to provide the family with housing equal in size to the one they occupied. However, in early March, a court in Krasnodar upheld the relocation decision. In July, officials filed a lawsuit against the Kartashov and Pimenova families, demanding that they be deprived of priority housing, but the district and regional courts rejected these demands, upholding the family's housing rights. On December 10, it was reported that a criminal case had been opened against the former head of the Tuapse district, Vitaly Mazninov, who in 2021 overturned the ruling declaring Kartashov and Pimenova's house unsafe. In December, Tuapse authorities offered the family an equity participation agreement for the construction of an apartment building in Krasnodar. At the end of January, a family agreed to sign a contract for shared participation in the construction of an apartment building in Krasnodar. Before the building was completed, the family of seven was provided with a two-room apartment in Tuapse.