Saturday, December 29, 2012

Russian Adoption Ban Brings Uncertainty and Outrage

President Vladimir V. Putin on Friday signed into law a ban on adoptions of Russian children by American citizens, apparently blocking the departure from Russia of hundreds of orphans who had already been told that they would soon go home with new parents.

The adoption ban, which was included in a broader law retaliating against the United States for an effort to punish Russian human rights violators, has opened a deep and emotional schism at the highest levels of the government and more broadly throughout Russian society. It has also dealt a severe blow to the country’s already strained diplomatic relationship with the United States.

Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/29/world/europe/russian-adoption-ban-brings-uncertainty-and-outrage.html?_r=0

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