Americans to lose right to adopt in Russia

[baron555 934]

I do remember one woman sending their child back to Russia on a one way ticket because they couldn't handle him...that sure doesn't help the situation.

You'd be surprised at the negative publicity that has been prevalent in Russia for a number of years now.....lots of horror stories of adoptions gone bad....and then also by all those bad, decadent Americans.

When my wife was in the adoption process for Leonid, before she and he could even think about immigrating to the US, you can't believe the hoops they had to jump through and the silence we had to have about his possible future....if they had known where he was intending to go, they wouldn't have approved it.

[Ontarkie 14,221]

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[Darnell 8,478]

back to post #1. I have no issues with this, what so ever. We punish Russian Human Traffickers and Russia cuts us off for adopting their children? Who loses, here? NO ONE.

I do remember one woman sending their child back to Russia on a one way ticket because they couldn't handle him...that sure doesn't help the situation.

Did you know her personally? I ask, cause this was a big f'ing news event, in its day.

[Darnell 8,478]

What sucks is that kids who DID have a chance to be adopted by actual good people in the US won't get that chance, so they'll be stuck in the orphanages until they reach adulthood.

Not really - Folks living in the EU are eligible to adopt.

[Martyshk 137]

Not really - Folks living in the EU are eligible to adopt.

Not for long. EU adopted the "Magnitsky law" as well.So they are next on the ban list.

[Darnell 8,478]

well, there's always south america, with it's huge russian settlements - maybe they'll step up and adopt?

IMO, Ethnic Russian in South America as the parents should overcome much other silliness.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

http://news.yahoo.com/russian-orthodox-church-head-urges-followers-adopt-children-002804927.html

Russian Orthodox Church head urges followers to adopt children

By Steve Gutterman | Reuters – 5 hrs ago

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The head of Russia's dominant church urged its citizens to adopt children, speaking in a Russian Orthodox Christmas address on Monday after President Vladimir Putin signed a controversial law barring Americans from adopting Russian children.

Patriarch Kirill paid particular attention to the issue in a Christmas message, lending support to Putin's promises - issued along with a law that outraged liberals and child rights activists - that Russia will take care of its own.

"It is very important for our people to adopt orphans into their families, with joy and a special sense of gratitude to God, giving them not only shelter and an upbringing but also giving them their love," the Russian Orthodox Church head said.

The ban on American adoptions is part of a law Putin signed on December 28 in retaliation for U.S. legislation designed to punish Russian human rights violators, which the Kremlin chief said is poisoning relations.

Critics of the Russian legislation say Putin has held the welfare of children trapped in a crowded and troubled orphanage system hostage to political maneuvering, reducing their chances of finding loving homes or adequate medical care.

The numbers of adoptions by Russian families are modest, with some 7,400 adoptions in 2011 compared with 3,400 adoptions of Russian children by families abroad - nearly 1,000 of those by Americans.

In signing the legislation, Putin echoed Russian lawmakers' arguments that American parents who have been accused of abusing their adopted Russian-born children have been treated too leniently by U.S. courts and law enforcement.

He also signed a decree ordering improvements in the care for orphaned Russian children and appealed to patriotism, suggesting that Russians have an obligation to care for the country's disadvantaged children.

Kirill added a religious element to that message, saying that "the Lord tells His followers that if they want to reach the Kingdom of God they must ... share their opportunities with the needy - primarily invalids, the elderly, and children."

"'Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them,' says the Lord. These words from Him should ... make us all realize how important children are in the eyes of God," he said.

"And as we celebrate Christmas I would like to appeal to everyone with a request: If you can take this important step in life aimed at adopting children, supporting orphans, take this step," Kirill said. "There should be no orphans in our country."

More than 650,000 children are considered orphans in Russia, including those rejected by their living parents or taken from dysfunctional homes. Of that total, 110,000 lived in state institutions in 2011, according to government figures.

More than three-quarters of Russians consider themselves Russian Orthodox, but far fewer attend church regularly despite a resurgence of religion following the demise of the communist Soviet Union.

The Russian Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar and celebrates Christmas on January 7.

Kirill's midnight service at Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral was shown live on state television, which also showed Putin - a former KGB officer who has cultivated close ties with the church - attending a service in the southern city of Sochi.

Edited January 7, 2013 by Bad_Daddy

[Darnell 8,478]

I still don't see the issue with this cutting off of USCitizens from adopting Russian Children.

What's the issue, really? Sure, the adoption agencies no longer have an income, but that's a good thing, right?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

I still don't see the issue with this cutting off of USCitizens from adopting Russian Children.

What's the issue, really? Sure, the adoption agencies no longer have an income, but that's a good thing, right?

Ya it's a big deal for American's wanting to adopt. It was much easier to adopt a Russian child than it was to go through all the red tape in this country and adopt an American child.

The reason Russia did this is because the US recently passed the Magnitsky Act which imo was a respectable thing to do on the US part. The EU will pass that same act either this week or next.

The Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill who was quoted right above your last post is former KGB and a Kremlin lapdog just like his predecessor. He's a lying piece of trash.

[Martyshk 137]

I still don't see the issue with this cutting off of USCitizens from adopting Russian Children.

What's the issue, really? Sure, the adoption agencies no longer have an income, but that's a good thing, right?

The issue is this: kids who were being adopted by Americans were children with disabilities.

The ONLY other alternative for them is death.

So yeah, that's the problem.

[james&olya 1,121]

I see on the news now that tens of thousands of Russians held a rally and marched protesting this stupid law! Awesome!

[Martyshk 137]

I see on the news now that tens of thousands of Russians held a rally and marched protesting this stupid law! Awesome!

Yes, those pesky Americans paid to organized those protests didn't you know? :-) (that's actually the stand that some of the media always takes after about every protest in Russia)