Investigators urged to probe Russian orphan organ transplants in the USRussian Children Rights Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov has asked the Foreign Ministry and the Prosecutor General’s Office to investigate claims that the organs of adopted Russian children who have died in the United States have been removed and given to other children.19:32 01.04.2013
Russia probes case of adoptee who lived on US streetsRussia has asked the US State Department to look into the circumstances surrounding a teenage Russian adoptee who says he returned to his country of birth after being kicked out of the house by the American couple that adopted him.10:02 29.03.2013
Putin moves to ban gay foreign couples from adopting Russian orphansPresident Vladimir Putin has instructed the government and the Supreme Court to prepare amendments to the current adoption procedure to prohibit same-sex foreign couples from adopting Russian orphans.12:42 28.03.2013
Russian orphan flees US parents, lives on streets, returns to RussiaA Russian teenager who was adopted at the age of 12 by a US couple chose to run away from home, living on the streets for months before finally making it back to his grandmother in Russia, Vesti television channel reported.17:50 26.03.2013
Russian court will consider ordering US to return 2-year-old orphanA Russian court will consider annulling the adoption of Kirill Kuzmin, brother of the recently deceased Russian orphan Maxim Kuzmin, on March 25.17:27 22.03.2013
Russia to sign adoption agreement with Spain - LavrovMoscow is prepared to sign an intercountry adoption agreement with Spain, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during a Government Hour meeting in the State Duma on Friday.14:54 22.03.2013
Most of Russian cabinet against US Adoption Ban - Deputy PMThe majority of Russian ministers are against a recently approved ban on US nationals adopting Russian children, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said Wednesday.15:05 20.03.2013
Russia launches criminal probe into US death of Maxim KuzminLocal authorities in Russia's Pskov Region have launched a criminal investigation into the alleged negligence in the processing of adoption documents of Maxim Kuzmin (renamed Max Alan Shatto), whose recent death in the US provoked an enormous outcry in his home country.22:01 19.03.2013
US parents cleared in death of adopted Russian boyProsecutors in Ector County, Texas said Monday that Alan and Laura Shatto, the American parents whose adopted Russian toddler died suddenly in January, will not be charged in the boy’s death.08:10 19.03.2013
US senator denies backing Adoption Ban sanctionsA US lawmaker on Wednesday denied a Russian newspaper report suggesting he supports punishing Russian officials who backed Moscow’s controversial ban on US adoptions under the auspices of the Magnitsky Act.10:17 07.03.2013
Adoption pending for 33 St. Petersburg orphansThe adoption process of 33 children residing in a St Petersburg orphanage has been suspended, Child Rights Commissioner for St. Petersburg Svetlana Agapitova told a news conference on Wednesday.14:56 06.03.2013
Russia considers US conclusions over Russian orphan's death contradictoryRussian investigators believe the US conclusions about the death of Maxim Kuzmin (renamed Max Shatto), a three-year-old Russian boy adopted by a Texan family, are contradictory and they intend to find out the real causes behind his death.10:27 05.03.2013
Autopsy clears adoptive US parents of Russian orphan Maxim’s deathOfficial autopsy results for Russian orphan Maxim Kuzmin (renamed Max Shatto) that were released by Texan authorities Friday absolve adoptive parents Lauren and Alan Shatto of direct responsibility for the toddler’s death, establishing that the cause was a mortal wound accidentally inflicted by Maxim himself.16:27 02.03.2013
Moscow activists to protest death of Russian orphan in AmericaAngry Russian advocacy groups plan to hold a rally in Moscow March 2 to "Protect the Children" in the aftermath of the death of three-year-old Maxim Shatto, a Russian boy originally named Maxim Kuzmin and adopted by a Texan couple last fall - a case that caused a public uproar throughout Russia.16:38 01.03.2013
Texan authorities refute Russian allegations about Maxim Kuzmin's deathTexan authorities have refuted childrens rights commissioner Pavel Astakhov's statement that the US police believe that Max Shatto (Maxim Kuzmin), a Russian boy adopted by a US family, died of natural causes.13:50 01.03.2013
Preliminary autopsy of Maxim reveal signs of potential abuse – AstakhovUS police have said that three-year-old Max Shatto, a Russian boy originally named Maxim Kuzmin and adopted by a Texan couple last fall, does not appear to have died of natural causes, children rights commissioner Pavel Astakhov said at a news conference on Thursday.13:45 28.02.2013
Claims seeking to revoke dead orphan brother's adoption left without actionThe Pskov Regional Court has left without action due to a lack of evidence two claims seeking to revoke the adoption of Kirill Kuzmin, whose brother died in the US under the care of adoptive parents.16:23 27.02.2013
Ombudsman not to rescind statement on adopted child's deathChildren's Rights Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov said he will not rescind his earlier statements concerning an adopted Russian child killed by his new U.S. family.15:46 27.02.2013
Russia seeks repatriation of dead orphan's brotherThe Prosecutor's Office of the Pskov Region has filed a lawsuit against US nationals Alan and Laura Shatto to cancel the adoption granted in September 2012 of two-year-old Kirill Kuzmin, the younger brother of Maxim, who died in the United States in January 2013.11:09 22.02.2013
Birth mother of adopted boy who died in the US wants to reclaim his brotherThe birth mother of Maxim Kuzmin who was adopted by the Shatto family in the US has asked the authorities to restore her parental rights to Maxim's younger brother, Kirill, who is still living with the American family.12:57 21.02.2013