The Saint Basil the Great Charitable Foundation was established in Moscow in 2007. The Foundation runs the following main programs: ‘Heart of a Child’ (surgeries, complex diagnostic examinations and rehabilitation for children with congenital heart defects), ‘Child and Youth Education’ (financing of educational establishments, preparation and publishing of educational literature), ‘Orthodox Church Aid’ (construction, repair and restoration of churches and monasteries), ‘Live, Little Baby!’ (a programme designed to reduce the numbers of abortions in Russia), and ‘Aid for Pushchino Science City’.