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Russian parliament votes to ban U.S. adoption
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Dec 26, 2012 11:47am |
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| Category | News |
| Media | TV News - Columbia Broadcasting System CBS News |
| News Date | Wednesday, December 26, 2012 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | (CBS News) Russia's parliament unanimously voted in favor of a measure banning adoptions of Russian children by American on Wednesday. The vote comes after years of increasingly strict adoption laws in Russia and is widely seen as a retaliation against a new U.S. law that punishes Russians accused of human rights violations.
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed support for the ban and has previously called it a legitimate response to the new U.S. law. Despite voicing his support, Putin -- who will now sign or turn down the measure --stopped short of confirming that he would sign it into law.
According to the U.S. State Department, nearly 6,000 Russian children were adopted by U.S. families in 2004. In 2012, that number dropped to less than 1,000 children.
UNICEF estimates that there are more than 700,000 orphaned or abandoned children in Russia. Over the last 20 years, Americans adopted more than 60,000 Russian children. |
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