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No Cigars from Cuba....and now.....NO CHILDREN FROM RUSSIA! Putin Says He Will Sign Law Barring U.S. Adoptions
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 24039120:MV8yMDk1NzMxXzM1MjkxOTI4XzlCRDZFQzc4] [quote:Jervis and V-Honey:MV8yMDk1NzMxXzg3OTZENkY4] http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/12/27/world/europe/ap-eu-russia-us-adoptions.html?_r=0 MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he will sign a controversial bill barring Americans from adopting Russian children, while the Kremlin's children's rights advocate recommended extending the ban to the rest of the world. The bill is part of the country's increasingly confrontational stance with the West and has angered some Russians who argue it victimizes children to make a political point. The law would block dozens of Russian children now in the process of being adopted by American families from leaving the country and cut off a major route out of often-dismal orphanages. The U.S. is the biggest destination for adopted Russian children — more than 60,000 of them have been taken in by Americans over the past two decades. "I still don't see any reasons why I should not sign it," Putin said at a televised meeting. He went on to say that he "intends" to do so. UNICEF estimates that there are about 740,000 children not in parental custody in Russia, while only 18,000 Russians are now waiting to adopt a child. Russian officials say they want to encourage more Russians to adopt Russian orphans. Children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov on Thursday petitioned the president to extend the ban to other countries. "There is huge money and questionable people involved in the semi-legal schemes of exporting children," he tweeted. Kremlin critics say Astakhov is trying to extend the ban only to get more publicity and win more favors with Putin. A graduate of the KGB law school and a celebrity lawyer, Astakhov was a pro-Putin activist before becoming children's rights ombudsman and is now seen as the Kremlin's voice on adoption issues. "This is cynicism beyond limits," opposition leader Ilya Yashin tweeted. "The children rights ombudsman is depriving children of a future." The bill is retaliation for an American law that calls for sanctions against Russian officials deemed to be human rights violators. [/quote] Good. It is stupid for Americans to adopt children from other countries. I think most of them do it because they believe it somehow makes them great and noble people. BLEH! There are plenty of orphaned American children and it's almost traitorous for these people to go to other countries and bring their kids back here - especially from frigging third world countries, places that scum like Madonna and Angelina Jolie can't stay away from - imo, they can go there and stay the hell out of America. [/quote]
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he will sign a controversial bill barring Americans from adopting Russian children, while the Kremlin's children's rights advocate recommended extending the ban to the rest of the world.
The bill is part of the country's increasingly confrontational stance with the West and has angered some Russians who argue it victimizes children to make a political point.
The law would block dozens of Russian children now in the process of being adopted by American families from leaving the country and cut off a major route out of often-dismal orphanages. The U.S. is the biggest destination for adopted Russian children — more than 60,000 of them have been taken in by Americans over the past two decades.
"I still don't see any reasons why I should not sign it," Putin said at a televised meeting. He went on to say that he "intends" to do so.
UNICEF estimates that there are about 740,000 children not in parental custody in Russia, while only 18,000 Russians are now waiting to adopt a child. Russian officials say they want to encourage more Russians to adopt Russian orphans.
Children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov on Thursday petitioned the president to extend the ban to other countries.
"There is huge money and questionable people involved in the semi-legal schemes of exporting children," he tweeted.
Kremlin critics say Astakhov is trying to extend the ban only to get more publicity and win more favors with Putin. A graduate of the KGB law school and a celebrity lawyer, Astakhov was a pro-Putin activist before becoming children's rights ombudsman and is now seen as the Kremlin's voice on adoption issues.
"This is cynicism beyond limits," opposition leader Ilya Yashin tweeted. "The children rights ombudsman is depriving children of a future."
The bill is retaliation for an American law that calls for sanctions against Russian officials deemed to be human rights violators.
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