Russia may ban U.S. adoptions in retaliatory move
Russia is threatening to ban Americans from adopting Russian children in retaliation for a new US law that forbids Russian officials accused of human rights abuses from travelling to the US. The proposed ban has sparked an outcry among Russia's human rights community and opposition, who have accused the country's rubber-stamp parliament of holding children hostage to politics.
Members of the ruling United Russia party are expected to introduce amendments with the adoption ban on Wednesday, when the parliament considers on a crucial second reading a new bill that would ban Americans who have been "implicated in violations of rights of Russian citizens". The bill was given initial approval on Friday.
"I think it will be approved," Sergei Neverov, the deputy speaker of the Duma, said this
Read more: http://times247.com/articles/russian-retaliation-may-ban-u-s-adoptions#ixzz2FT8Mc0c3
Members of the ruling United Russia party are expected to introduce amendments with the adoption ban on Wednesday, when the parliament considers on a crucial second reading a new bill that would ban Americans who have been "implicated in violations of rights of Russian citizens". The bill was given initial approval on Friday.
"I think it will be approved," Sergei Neverov, the deputy speaker of the Duma, said this
Read more: http://times247.com/articles/russian-retaliation-may-ban-u-s-adoptions#ixzz2FT8Mc0c3
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