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Russian kids visiting porn, gambling sites: Ombudsman

Moscow:  Over half of the Russian minors, who are using the Internet, visit websites with harmful content including pornography, the country's children rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov has revealed.In a report to an international conference on



Astakhov said 19 percent of minors visit sites with violent material, 16 percent gamble online, 14 percent visit sites related to illegal drugs and 11 percent visit extremist websites.

Russian minors often use mobile phones to open harmful websites because they consider them to offer more privacy and protection, the ombudsman added.