Adoption ban

U.S. Ambassador McFaul explains why he will not attend Duma hearings on adoptions

February 21, 2013 RBTH, Interfax

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul has said he is open to discussing adoption matters, including with State Duma international affairs committee head Alexei Pushkov, but will not attend hearings on this issue at the State Duma

It's too early to speak about cause of Maxim Kuzmin's death - U.S. consul

February 21, 2013 RBTH, Interfax

The results of the autopsy performed on Russian child Maxim Kuzmin who died in the U.S. have not been made public yet, Acting U.S. Consul in Russia Bill Bistransky said

U.S. State Department first heard about adoptee's death from Russian diplomats - official

February 21, 2013 RBTH, Interfax

The U.S. State Department first learned about the death in Texas of Maxim Kuzmin, a Russian-born three-year-old boy adopted by an American family, from the Russian Consulate in Houston on Feb. 5, a State Department official said on Wednesday

Russia to check reports of adoption of Russian child by U.S. woman in same-sex union

February 20, 2013 RBTH, Interfax

The Russian Investigative Committee will check media reports about the adoption of a Russian child by a U.S. woman in a same-sex marriage, committee spokesman Vladimir Markin has told Interfax

Russian senators call for return of all Russian children adopted by U.S. families

February 20, 2013 RBTH, Interfax

The Federation Council's meeting on Wednesday began with the issue of the death in the U.S. of Maxim Kuzmin, 3, who was adopted by U.S. citizens

Russian children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov visiting Russian orphan Artyom Savelyev who came from the U.S. to Moscow in 2010 because his adoptive American adoptive mother rejected him. Source: RIA Novosti / Vitaly Belousov

Russian children's rights ombudsman wants to end foreign adoption

February 19, 2013 Anna Nemtsova, special to RBTH

Russian children's rights ombudsman speaks candidly about his mission to abolish foreign adoption and end Russia’s role as an international “donor of orphans”

Russia and the U.S. are going to collaborate to investigate the death of adopted Russian child in Texas. Source: RIA Novosti / Igor Rustak

Russia to probe U.S. death of adopted Russian boy

February 19, 2013 Igor Rozin, based on Interfax

Russian officials hope that U.S. attorneys will contribute to the investigation launched by the Russian Investigative Committee into the death of Russian boy allegedly killed by his adoptive American mother in Texas

Russian Children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov insists on launching an investigation into Russian adopted child's death in the U.S. Source: ITAR-TASS

Moscow angered by Russian child's death in the U.S.

February 18, 2013 Alexánder Panov, based on Interfax

The Russian Children's Rights Commissioner Pavel Astakhov announced that Moscow is going to launch a thorough investigation to investigate the case of an adopted Russian child killed in Texas at the end of January

Adoptive U.S. parents want to sue Russian Foreign Ministry's rights commissioner - newspaper

February 17, 2013 RBTH, Interfax

Statements by the Russian Foreign Ministry's human rights commissioner, Konstantin Dolgov, about violence allegedly committed against children at the Ranch for Kids rehabilitation center, U.S., have angered American adoptive families, the Kommersant

Astakhov says 14 adopted kids killed in Russia in 2001-2011, 19 - in U.S.

February 14, 2013 RBTH, Interfax

There are more murders of adopted children in U.S. families than in Russian ones, Russian children's rights commissioner Pavel Astakhov told journalists

U.S. experts coming to Moscow to consult on kids Americans wanted to adopt

February 12, 2013 RBTH, Interfax

U.S. experts will come to Moscow to consult with Russian officials on the destiny of orphans, who could have been adopted by Americans

Russia has right to demand accounts on adopted Russian children from U.S. - Lavrov

February 10, 2013 RBTH, Interfax

International adoptions are practiced in Russia for clear reasons and things should be set straight in this sphere, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, an opponent of the denunciation of the U.S. adoptions agreement, said on Rossiya television on

Russia, U.S. discussing investigation of abuse of adopted Russian children

February 7, 2013 RBTH, Interfax

Russian and U.S. prosecutors are discussing investigation of the abuse of adopted Russian children in the United States

Bastrykin invites U.S. attorney general to discuss crimes against Russian children

February 4, 2013 RBTH, Interfax

Russian Investigative Committee chief Alexander Bastrykin has sent an invitation to the U.S. attorney general to pay a working visit to Russia to discuss criminal investigations into instances of violence against Russian children in the United States

Orphanage population to halve in Russia in 5 years - Medvedev

January 31, 2013 RBTH, Interfax

The number of Russian children living at orphanages and shelters will halve by 2018, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at an expanded government meeting in the Kremlin on Thursday

The Russian prime minister noted that Sergei Magnitsky “never fought corruption; he was just a corporate accountant and lawyer who was serving his boss.” Source: Dmitry Astakhov / RIA Novosti.

Medvedev comments on US-Russian relations

January 30, 2013 Yulia Ponomareva, combined report

Dmitry Medvedev, in an interview with CNN, discussed the two countries’ divergent positions on issues such as the Magnitsky Act, the adoption ban, missile defense, and Syria

Names of U.S. officials banned from entering Russia will not be disclosed for now - Lavrov

January 29, 2013 RBTH, Interfax

The list of U.S. citizens targeted in the Dima Yakovlev law will not be disclosed thus far, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

American family receive documents for adoption. Whitney Olson and Dack Little with Russian girl Alyona adopted by them. Source: RIA Novosti / Vitaly Belousov

Americans challenge adoption ban in European Court

January 27, 2013 Yulia Ponomareva, combined report

Four American families appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in the hopes of having the law banning the adoption of Russian children by Americans overturned

Most Russians support Moscow's response to U.S. Magnitsky Act - poll

January 25, 2013 RBTH, Interfax

Most Russians support the country's retaliation against the U.S. Magnitsky Act, Levada Center sociologists told Interfax on Friday

Some Russian orphans adopted by American families may go to the U.S. if courts sanctioned adoption before January 1, 2013. Source: ITAR-TASS

Russian Supreme Court calls for allowing last adoptions by Americans

January 24, 2013 Yulia Ponomareva, combined report

The Supreme Court ruled that Russian children should be allowed to go to the United States in the cases where a local court sanctioned adoption before January 1, 2013

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U.S. Ambassador McFaul explains why he will not attend Duma hearings on adoptions

It's too early to speak about cause of Maxim Kuzmin's death - U.S. consul

U.S. State Department first heard about adoptee's death from Russian diplomats - official

Russia to check reports of adoption of Russian child by U.S. woman in same-sex union

Russian senators call for return of all Russian children adopted by U.S. families

Russian children's rights ombudsman wants to end foreign adoption

Russia to probe U.S. death of adopted Russian boy

Moscow angered by Russian child's death in the U.S.

Adoptive U.S. parents want to sue Russian Foreign Ministry's rights commissioner - newspaper

Astakhov says 14 adopted kids killed in Russia in 2001-2011, 19 - in U.S.

U.S. experts coming to Moscow to consult on kids Americans wanted to adopt

Russia has right to demand accounts on adopted Russian children from U.S. - Lavrov

Russia, U.S. discussing investigation of abuse of adopted Russian children

Bastrykin invites U.S. attorney general to discuss crimes against Russian children

Orphanage population to halve in Russia in 5 years - Medvedev

Medvedev comments on US-Russian relations

Names of U.S. officials banned from entering Russia will not be disclosed for now - Lavrov

Americans challenge adoption ban in European Court

Most Russians support Moscow's response to U.S. Magnitsky Act - poll

Russian Supreme Court calls for allowing last adoptions by Americans

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