Adoption

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Russian minors’ ombudsman pushes for creation of Donbass orphan database

Russia’s child rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova has proposed to create a database of Donbass orphaned children during her meeting with head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin.

14:00 14.07.2022

All child adoption applications filed by foreigners granted in 2021

Russian courts granted all considered applications for child adoption filed by foreigners, people without citizenship and Russian nationals permanently living abroad in 2021, according to the judicial review approved by the Supreme Court’s Presidium.

13:22 03.06.2022

Number of international adoption cases decreases amid pandemic - Russian Supreme Court

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the judicial practice in cases of international adoption: the number of such cases has significantly decreased, and already scheduled hearings were either suspended or terminated due to the impossibility of the adoptive parents to come to Russia.

15:51 04.06.2021

Federation Council approves creation of child adopters blacklist

The Federation Council approved a bill creating a special register of bad faith adoptive parents and guardians on Friday.

13:38 26.07.2019

Russian lawmakers back creation of child adopters blacklist

The State Duma passed a bill creating a special register of bad faith adoptive parents and guardians in the third and final reading on Tuesday.

14:12 23.07.2019

HIV, Hepatitis C positives allowed to adopt children in specific situations – Russian law

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill permitting individuals infected with HIV or Hepatitis C to adopt children in certain circumstances into law.

13:12 30.05.2019

Russia’s State Duma passes bill on child adoption by HIV and Hepatitis C positives

The lower house of Russian parliament adopted a bill allowing individuals infected with HIV or Hepatitis C to adopt children in certain circumstances in a final third reading on Tuesday, a statement published on the State Duma website reads.

16:05 21.05.2019

Russian court allows HIV positive woman to adopt child

A court in the Moscow Region has permitted a HIV positive woman to adopt a child.

11:56 13.02.2019

Italians lead in adoption of Russian children

Russian children are most often adopted by citizens of Italy, Spain and France, a review of the judicial practice of Russia’s Supreme Court reads.

17:57 06.06.2018

U.S. flouts requests for information on adopted Russian orphans – children’s ombudsman

The U.S. authorities ignore requests for information concerning Russian children adopted by foreign citizens pending the passage of the so-called Dima Yakovlev law.

14:49 11.07.2017

ECHR ruling on U.S. nationals’ complaint over Russian adoption ban takes effect

The ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in favor of U.S. nationals, who had complained of violating their rights by banning them from adoption of Russian children, became effective.

16:54 04.07.2017

Russian ambassador lays out conditions for lift of adoption ban for U.S. citizens - report

Russian ambassador in the United States of America Sergey Kislyak has said that ban on adoption of Russian children for U.S. citizens may be lifted if the United States would provide safety guarantees for the children.

17:32 10.02.2017

ECHR orders Russia to compensate U.S. nationals for ban on adoption

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Russia violated rights of U.S. nationals by banning them from adoption of Russian children.

12:51 17.01.2017

New Russian child rights ombudsman to lobby for updating foreign adoptions law

New children’s rights ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova announced in the interview with Russia 24 TV Channel on Friday that she would lobby for modernizing legislation on foreign adoptions called the Dima Yakovlev law.

16:39 09.09.2016

Russian lawmaker suggests prohibiting adoption induced by payment

State Duma lawmaker Vasily Tarasyuk (LDPR) has submitted to Russia's lower house of parliament a bill that would prohibit adoption for reward or compensation.

10:31 24.06.2015

Russian Constitutional Court allows exceptional adoption disclosure

Russia's Constitutional Court ruled that permitted adoption disclosure in exceptional cases and when it is in the interests of descendants.

17:53 17.06.2015

US court to consider adoption case without US, Russian authorities

Nassau County Surrogate Court has denied a request to join Russia and the United States as parties to an action over adoption of two Russian-born children who allegedly suffer from serious mental disorders.

15:23 20.03.2015

US court slams re-homing while considering Russian adoption claim

During the hearing of an application filed by an American family seeking to void the adoption of two Russian kids, Nassau County judge raised a question of legality of a dubious practice known as Re-Homing.

18:30 17.12.2014

Russia’s Supreme Court upholds adoption ban for people with HIV

Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit which had been filed by a Muscovite seeking to lift a ban on the adoption of Russian children by people with HIV.

12:58 23.09.2014

Italian court confirms Russian adopted child murder charges

An Italian court has confirmed the arrest of a local resident in the murder of a Russian boy he adopted, Russian presidential ombudsman for children’s rights Pavel Astakhov announced.

11:46 22.07.2014