Police open negligence case following Russian boy’s death in Italy
Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened a case on the neglect of duty during adoption following the death of a Russian child in Italy, the official committee spokesperson, Vladimir Markin, announced on Sunday.
Italians continue to lead in the number of Russian adoptions
Italians adopted 560 Russian children in 2013, the largest number among foreign countries, Russia’s Supreme Court said in a survey of adoptions by foreign parents or Russians living abroad.
International adoption suspended in Crimea
The foreign adoption of orphans and children without parental care has been suspended in Crimea, announced the press office of the Crimean Ministry of Education, Science and Youth. Under Russian law, foreigners can start the adoption process a year after the children’s names have been added to the state database of orphans and children without parental care.
US attempts to muddle investigation of Maxim Kuzmin’s death – official
American counterparts of Russian investigators probing into the case of adoptee Maxim Kuzmin’s death tried to confuse the investigation, official spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin said. Maxim Kuzmin died at the age of 3 while playing in the backyard of his Texas (U.S.) home on January 21, 2013.
State Duma member insists on closing US online ‘child exchange’
Yelena Mizulina, A Just Russia party member and head of the Committee for Issues of Family, Women and Youth, will insist on closing a “child exchange” in the US that involved Russian orphans.
US family has received ruling on annulment of Russian orphan adoption
Alan and Laura Shatto have received the Pskov Regional Court's decision to revoke the adoption of Russian orphan Kirill Kuzmin, whose older brother Maxim died while under the adoptive parents' care last year.
Russia bans adoptions by legally married foreign same-sex couples
Russian adoption rules have been amended with a new limitation for countries that have legal same-sex marriage. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a resolution to this effect, reads a statement on the government’s website.
Russian child protective services to seek diplomatic counsel on US orphan return
The Pskov Child Protective Services will consult Russia's Ministry of Education and Science and Ministry of Foreign Affairs for advice on seeking the repatriation to Russia of orphan Kirill Kuzmin, whose older brother Maxim died in the US while under the care of his adoptive parents last year.
More Russians support adoption ban - poll
The number of Russians who think that Russian adoptive families provide better care for disabled orphans has gron from 36% to 41%, and the support of the “Dima Yakovlev law” has grown 11%, according to the data collected by independent pollster Levada Center.
Constitutional Court reviews adoption rules for people tried for violent crimes
Russia’s Constitutional Court on Friday instructed lawmakers to review the Criminal Code articles punishment under which entails a lifelong ban on adoption, the court said.
Moscow to continue adoption discussions with Washington
The issue with child adoptions and official Russian access to children already adopted by American parents persists, and Moscow will continue to discuss it with its partners in the US, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a news conference.
Russian court revokes adoption of orphan by US family
The Pskov Regional Court revoked the adoption by American parents of Russian orphan Kirill Kuzmin, whose older brother Maxim died while under the adoptive parents' care earlier this year.
US Shatto family absent at adoption annulment hearing in Russia
The legal representatives of the Shatto family and the Shattos themselves failed to appear at a court session in the Pskov Region, Russia, which heard a suit to annul the adoption of Kirill Kuzmin, the younger brother of Maxim, who died in January.
Russia opened 14 criminal cases involving foreign adoptions in 2 years
Russia launched only 14 investigations into crimes against Russian children adopted by foreigners in the past two years, while thousands of crimes have been committed against minors in Russia this year alone, a spokesman for the Investigative Committee said Thursday.
Claim for annulment of Kuzmin adoption to be considered on October 4
A Russian court will consider on October 4 a lawsuit filed by the Social Protection Administration of the Pskov region against the American parents of the deceased Maxim Kuzmin and his brother Kirill.
American couple pleads guilty to abusing Russian adoptee
Two Americans, accused of abusing their Russian foster child, have pleaded guilty in court. Matthew and Amy Kathleen Sweeney adopted nine-year-old Daniil Kruchin in 2006.
116 orphans adopted in Russia after US adoption ban - ombudsman
More than 100 Russian orphans, who have not been adopted by Americans because of the Dima Yakovlev law, found adoptive parents in Russia, Children's Rights Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov told journalists on Tuesday.
No reason to amend adoption ban for mixed-nationality couples – State Duma
The State Duma sees no grounds to reconsider the Dima Yakovlev law that bans the adoption of Russian children by American couples. The ban will still be valid even if one of the parents permanently resident in the US is a Russian national, says Olga Batalina, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Issues of Family, Women and Children.
Putin imposes ban on child adoption by same-sex couples
President Vladimir Putin has imposed a ban on child adoption by same-sex couples in Russia, the Kremlin Press Service announced on Wednesday.
No more Russian adoptees to US – Kremlin ombudsman
No more Russian children would be allowed to join potential adoptive families in the United States despite calls from US officials for flexibility with adoptions that were “in process” before Moscow banned Americans from adopting Russian children earlier this year.