MOSCOW, December 21 - RAPSI. The Civil Platform party will allocate $50,000 to each family that adopts a child who may suffer as a result of the "Dima Yakovlev Law," Mikhail Prokhorov, the billionaire chairman of the party's federal political committee, was reported as saying at a news conference on Friday.
He said the decision was made at a meeting of the party's managing body and covers 46 kids who may suffer as a result of the law banning U.S. citizens from adopting Russian children.
"We are prepared to allocate $50,000 to each family that takes a child," he said.
He added that a reasonable compromise can still be found, and there is still time to amend the bill.
During a meeting on Friday, the State Duma approved in its third and final reading the "Dima Yakovlev Law" in response to the U.S. Congress' approval of the Magnitsky Act. The law imposes a ban on the adoption of Russian children by U.S. citizens.