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Irish Lawmakers to Scrap Magnitsky List Due to Child Adoption Threat

May 6, 2013 by UCSJ

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From The Moscow Times-- Ireland has dropped plans to impose U.S.-style Magnitsky sanctions on Russia after Moscow warned that it might respond by banning Irish parents from adopting Russian children. The Russian opposition assailed Ireland for the reversal, saying it had not only bowed to Kremlin blackmail but had also shown a lack of leadership as the current president…

Top Psychologists Ask Putin to Allow U.S. Parents to Adopt 100 Children

May 6, 2013 by UCSJ

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From The Moscow Times-- A group of top Russian child psychologists, psychiatrists and educators have appealed to President Vladimir Putin to allow about 100 Russian children who were in the final stages of the adoption process to be allowed to join their new U.S. parents. The open letter says the children had met with the potential parents many times and developed an emotion attachment, but…

A Moscow Response: “Let U.S. Parents Save Russian Orphans”

December 19, 2012December 19, 2012 by UCSJ

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From The Moscow Times -- 18 December 2012 | Issue 5038 By Yulia Latynina In retribution for the recent passage of the Magnitsky Act by the U.S. Congress, United Russia has introduced an initiative to prohibit U.S. citizens from adopting Russian children. Modern Russia not only has more orphans than any other country — 678,000 — but even more…