Russians want adopted boy returned from the U.S.
On December 28, 2012 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the "Dima Yakovlev law," which retaliates against the U.S. Magnitsky Act. The law bans adoptions of Russan children by U.S. families and cancels the U.S.-Russia adoption agreement. The controversial law sparked debates about the future of Russia's most vulnurable citizens and fuled tensions in U.S.-Russia relations.
Russia's children rights ombudsman to go to U.S to tackle adoption problem
Russian children rights commissioner Pavel Astakhov intends to go to the United States in June and plans to attend establishment of a special bilateral body to deal with adopted children
Decision to deprive adoptive U.S. family of parental rights too soft - Dolgov
Moscow welcomes an American court ruling requiring that the former adoptive parents of Russian boy Ivan Skorobogatov and his twin sister Dasha, be deprived of their parental rights
Russia should amend adoption deal with France in light of legalization of same-sex marriages - Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin believes adoption agreements with other countries should be amended if these countries amend national laws in a way that this goes against Russian law
Astakhov to bring two adopted children back to Russia from Spain
Child welfare services in Catalonia have handed two children, adopted in Spain, to the Russian children's rights commissioner, Pavel Astakhov
Moscow, Washington to set up group to monitor wellbeing of Russian children in U.S. - ombudsman
Moscow and Washington have reached an agreement on setting up a working group to monitor the wellbeing of Russian children adopted by U.S. families, told Pavel Astakhov, a presidential commissioner for children's rights
Russia opens criminal case into sexual abuse of girl adopted by U.S. family
The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case into sexual abuse of a girl adopted from Russia by a U.S. family in 2002.
Russia will address problem of adopted Russian children during Obama aide's visit to Moscow
State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Alexei Pushkov plans to meet with special assistant to the U.S. president for Russia Alice Wells next week to discuss problems surrounding adopted Russian children living in the United States
Russian investigators receive U.S. documents on Maxim Kuzmin's death inquiry
The Russian Investigative Committee has started to study the documents related to the death of Maxim Kuzmin (Max Shatto), the adopted Russian boy who died in Texas in January, that were provided by U.S. law enforcement agencies
Orphans abandoned by U.S. adoptive family may return to Russia if adoption annulled - ombudsman
The three Russian orphaned siblings, adopted by the U.S. couple Michael and Penny Deckert, who announced recently that they decided to give up their parental rights to them, may return to Russia on certain conditions
Children's rights ombudsman: 33 Russian kids not allowed to join U.S. adoptive parents
St. Petersburg's commissioner for children's rights has asked Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to look into a situation where 33 orphans from the city, who have formally been adopted by Americans, are not being let out of Russia
Russian children's rights ombudsman probes into on cruel treatment of Russian children in Texas
Russian presidential children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov has reported a probe into the information on the possible cruel treatment of three children adopted from Russia in Texas, U.S
Russian foreign minister says attempts made to use organs of 2 Russian children who died in U.S. - newspaper
The Russian Foreign Ministry has information that two attempts to use the organs of Russian children adopted to the United States for transplantation have been made, Izvestia newspaper reported on Monday
Lawsuit seeking cancellation of Christopher Shatto's adoption in U.S. rejected
A court in the Pskov region has rejected a lawsuit that demanded the cancellation of Russian boy Kirill Kuzmin's adoption by U.S. citizens
Pskov Regional Court has not yet received proof to cancel adoption of Kirill Kuzmin - court chairman
The Pskov Regional Court has not yet received documents proving the necessity to cancel the adoption of Kirill Kuzmin, brother of Maxim Kuzmin who died in the United States, Pskov Regional Court Chairman Valery Kondratyev told reporters on Wednesday
Russian children's right ombudsman insists on prosecuting U.S. adoptive parents of Russian native Maxim Kuzmin
Russian children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov said that Russia intended to pursue prosecuting the adoptive parents of Russian native Maxim Kuzmin, adopted to the United States
Russia insists on monitoring the life of Russian children adopted by American families
Russia and the United States will soon hold consultations and will in particular discuss the destiny of two Russian children adopted to the U.S., Kirill Kuzmin and Yegor Shatabalov
Magnitsky-Browder trial: Prosecuting Dead Souls
There may well be a case for fraud to be had against Sergei Magnitsky and William Browder, but the handling of the situation has done Russia more harm than good
Russian children's right ombudsman wants to discuss absence of charges in adopted Russian boy's death with U.S. ambassador
Russian children's rights commissioner Pavel Astakhov plans to discuss the U.S. authorities' decision not to charge Alan and Laura Shatto, whose adopted Russian son died in January, with U.S. Ambassador to Moscow Michael McFaul
Orphaned children must be offered better future in Russia - education minister
The discussion of the law banning American adoptions of Russian children is over, Education and Science Minister Dmitry Livanov said on Pozner program on Channel One
Russian children's ombudsman says he will meet with U.S. ambassador to discuss adoptions
Russian presidential children's rights commissioner Pavel Astakhov has said he will meet with U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul to discuss the problem of Russian children adopted by U.S. families with him