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Interesting read, btw in Russia from January 1, 2013 there is a law that bans adoptions of Russian children by United States citizens.
by Shtirlic 13y ago
Interesting read, btw in Russia from January 1, 2013 there is a law that bans adoptions of Russian children by United States citizens.
- usaphp 13y agoMost of the developed countries forbid adoptions of country nationals by foreign citizens, how many US children got adopted by foreign countries?...not sure why Russian media is making such a big buzz around this law, probably just to find one more way to criticize Putin.
- askar_yu 13y agoHonestly I am not sure whether the Russian media made any big deal at all out of that, I would bet in fact even if they did, it was far (lower) from the extent to which American media did. Not to mention the protests held by thousands in the US.
- cfjedimaster 13y agoI don't have numbers, but people from outside America can adopt American children.
- w1ntermute 13y ago> Most of the developed countries forbid adoptions of country nationals by foreign citizens I wouldn't exactly consider Russia "developed".
- gambiting 13y agoI wouldn't consider your opinion well thought through.
- w1ntermute 13y agoWell, you're wrong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developing_country http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developing_country Protip: next time, try doing some basic research before making an uneducated comment.
- triangleman 13y ago"You're wrong" and then linking to wikipedia? This is what "pros" do?
- w1ntermute 13y agoFeel free to look at the sources cited in the wiki article if you're not convinced. Hint: they're quite reputable.
- askar_yu 13y agoThe biggest justification for that was this very issue in the article. But boy, didn't American media kept downplaying those abuses and incidents pointed by the Russians... And kept insisting that it was a retaliation for the Magnitsky act. IMHO the ban indeed was a retaliative act, but these problems presented by Russians at the time could have been at least looked at. May be then the existence of the issue would be recognized, accepted and trigger some further protective laws for the adopted children. I didn't see one single major American news outlet who touched on this part, all simply ignored it as a mere 'yet another poke from the Russians'.