Ten-year-old Julia – who has previously fled – ran away from the orphanage on May 30. The staff did not notice her disappearance for at least a day. After that, Julia was found on a subway train in Helsinki.

The case with Putkonen’s daughter put into the orphanage started when the girl was not allowed chocolate, the woman says. Outraged, Julia phoned her father, currently living in St. Petersburg, who told her that she should call authorities in Finland. As a result, social care officers took Julia away to the orphanage.

Girl’s mother says that Finnish authorities treated her unfairly.

“My former husband is a citizen of Finland and manipulates the law of his country to keep me away from my child,” Putkonen told RT. “The authorities don't let me see or call her. They also insist that I speak Finnish. My child has spent four months in an orphanage and wants to return to her mother!”

The sad story has been going on for at least 10 years involving Putkonen’s two elder sons who are now staying with her Finnish husband living in St. Petersburg.

In 2000, Putkonen’s eldest son was allegedly mistreated in a kindergarten. However, her former husband chose to cover up the situation, and Putkonen was put into a mental facility, mistakenly diagnosed with having suffered a mental breakdown. The woman believes the incident resulted in her being singled out by Finnish authorities as the one to blame for any further family problems.

Putkonen says that she will be seeking legal advice in Finland – though she is afraid that she will not receive the correct help since she is not native to the country. She also says that she is one of many mothers in Finland who are in the same situation. Now Putkonen is receiving help from human rights authorities and is doing her best to resolve the distressing situation.