THE ORGANIZATION
Our Team

André Houard
Chairman, retired teacher

Jules Vittone-Burnel
Treasurer, computer engineer

Pavel Closson
Founder, delegate to Russia, investigator
Pavel was adopted in Nizhny Novgorod in 2004. Passionate about travel, the post-Soviet space, and photography, he now holds a bachelor’s degree in geography from Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Paris) and a master’s degree in tourism (specializing in the Russian world) from the University of Angers (Maine-et-Loire).

Nikolai Salzard
Delegate to France, WhatsApp groups manager, mechatronics engineer
Nikolai was adopted in Petrozavodsk in 2000. Passionate about sailing, history, and technology, he now holds a DUT in Industrial Engineering and Maintenance from the IUT of Thionville-Yutz (France) and an engineering degree in mechatronics from ENSIBS in Lorient (France).

Isabelle de Kochko
Retired psychologist specializing in Russian adoption issues

Kassian Berendt
Russian language teacher
He has been teaching for about 30 years at NEOMA Business School, he has worked in high schools in Paris and Reims, he has given private lessons, including to Russian students living in France. He has done a lot of translation work. He visits Russia regularly and has a good understanding of what is happening there, as well as the country’s history and culture.

Svetlana Malysheva
Piano and Russian teacher in Madrid (Spain)
She is 62 years old and has been living in Spain for 20 years. She speaks Spanish fluently and correctly. For over 17 years, she has been teaching piano at a school affiliated with the conservatory in Madrid. She has a similar amount of teaching experience in Russia. She has given piano lessons in Russian and also taught the Russian language (writing, grammar rules, reading aloud, learning songs and poems) to children from former Soviet Union countries. She does not conduct group lessons and does not work with young children. She received her musical education in Siberia, at the Higher School of Music of Barnaul. She lives in Spain legally and works under a permanent contract.
