Story highlights. Russia lawmakers consider a ban of Russian children adoptions to the U.S. Russian lawmakers could move to ban Americans from adopting children from the country -- which is one of the top sources of international adoptions to the United States.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/19/world/russia-adoption-u-s-ban/index.html
Many in the Russian government have denounced the Magnitsky Act as overreaching and hypocritical, and the adoption ban is just the latest in a series of retaliatory steps over the past few months intended to reduce U.S. influence in Russia.
http://theweek.com/articles/469137/why-russia-considering-ban-adoptions
Why would Russia want to ban adoptions to the U.S.? The proposed ban is widely regarded as a direct response to the United States' Magnitsky Act, which imposes bans and asset freezes on Russian officials who are suspected to have been involved in human-rights violations.
http://theweek.com/articles/469137/why-russia-considering-ban-adoptions
Russia’s Adoption Politics: Defeated Families Caught in a Diplomatic Tailspin. Related. In late October, Charles and Elisabeth Smith from Phoenix traveled to Borodino, Russia, to meet their prospective son, Malcom (not his real name), a 5-year-old with cerebral palsy. “This little boy just tugged at our heart strings,” says Elisabeth.
http://healthland.time.com/2012/12/28/russias-adoption-politics-defeated-families-caught-in-a-diplomatic-tailspin/
According to reports, the ban would go into effect on Jan. 1, and also bar any political activity by U.S. supported nongovernmental organizations. American adoption-advocacy groups and hopeful parents are frantically pleading both U.S. and Russian officials to act compassionately.
http://healthland.time.com/2012/12/28/russias-adoption-politics-defeated-families-caught-in-a-diplomatic-tailspin/
Americans hoping to give Russian orphans a home were jolted by news Thursday that Russia's president plans to sign legislation banning such adoptions. It's very difficult, said Los Angeles resident Sharon Benamou of the likely ban. She and her husband, Yehudah, flew to Russia in October to meet the twin toddlers they're preparing to adopt.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/26/russia-adoption-ban-americans/1791959/
If the ban is signed into law, the U.S. would lose its third-highest source for overseas adoptions (behind China and Ethiopia). UNICEF estimates that there are about 740,000 Russian children without parental custody, and only 18,000 Russians currently waiting to adopt a child.
http://theweek.com/articles/469137/why-russia-considering-ban-adoptions
Russia: Reject Adoption Ban Bill. On December 28, 2012, President Vladimir Putin signed a law that bans adoptions of Russian children by United States citizens and imposes new restrictions on nongovernmental organizations operating in Russia that have certain ties to the United States. The law will go into effect on January 1, 2013.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/21/russia-reject-adoption-ban-bill
And in a statement that further crushed the hopes of hundreds of American families in the process of adopting Russian children, Russia’s child-rights commissioner and ban proponent, Pavel Astakhov, said that 46 pending adoptions will be blocked despite previous negotiations, according to the New York Times.
http://healthland.time.com/2012/12/28/russias-adoption-politics-defeated-families-caught-in-a-diplomatic-tailspin/
U.S. jolted by Russia's proposed adoption ban. What happens to Russia's orphans if the new bill banning U.S. adoptions is signed into law? That's what worries Americans seeking to give the children a permanent home in the United States.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/26/russia-adoption-ban-americans/1791959/
what is the russian adoption ban a response to
The Russian adoption ban is a response to reduce the United influence in Russia. The Russian adoption ban is a response to reduce U.S. influence in Russia.