Russia seeks access to US ranch for kids
September 21st, 2012 - 1:13 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian government has demanded from the US to allow Russian children rights ombudsman to visit a US ranch where troubled adoptees from Russia have been ... Read more...
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US unwilling to comply with adoption laws: Russia
July 27th, 2012 - 11:18 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian foreign ministry has criticised the US over what it claimed was America's unwillingness to comply with recent Russian legislation on international adoption.Ministry spokesman ... Read more...
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US woman who sent back Russian boy to pay $150,000
May 18th, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 18 (IANS) A court in the US has told an American woman, who sent her adopted son back to Russia, to pay $150,000 in damages, child support, and ... Read more...
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Three kids dead, 15 hurt in Russia accident
May 14th, 2012 - 9:37 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 14 (IANS) At least three children were killed and another 15 injured after a school bus collided with another bus in Russia, officials said.The accident took place Sunday ... Read more...
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Teenager jailed for killing Russian Santa Claus
May 4th, 2012 - 6:04 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A 17-year-old boy in Tajikistan capital Dushanbe has been sentenced to jail for 10 years for killing a man dressed as "Father Frost', the Russian ... Read more...
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Russian fairytales for kids urged
March 29th, 2012 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev has said indigenous animated cartoons and fairytales should be revived and used more often to educate children."We don't need to ... Read more...
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Russian moms protest Norway taking away their kids
March 21st, 2012 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 21 (IANS) As confusion mounted over the future of two Indian children in the custody of Norwegian Child Welfare Service, protests were held in different Russian cities by ... Read more...
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Russia mulls ban on US child adoption
February 12th, 2012 - 3:37 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 12 (IANS) Moscow may suspend adoption of Russian children by US citizens following a series of mistreatment allegedly committed by American adoptive parents."The adoption procedures for the US ... Read more...
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US couple put on wanted list for Russian boy’s death
November 22nd, 2011 - 7:10 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia has put a US couple, convicted and later released by an American court for the involuntarily manslaughter of their adopted Russian son, on its ... Read more...
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US couple jailed for killing Russian adopted son
November 19th, 2011 - 2:25 am ICT by IANS
New York, Nov 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A US couple, convicted for the involuntary manslaughter of their adopted Russian son, were jailed for a maximum of four years Friday.A Pennsylvania court ... Read more...
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Russia approves compulsory training for adoptive parents
November 18th, 2011 - 8:16 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The lower house of Russian Parliament, the State Duma, adopted Thursday a law that prescribes couples who want to adopt Russian children to undergo special ... Read more...
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Russia to sign child adoption deals with European countries
November 15th, 2011 - 2:14 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia plans to sign bilateral agreements on child adoption with France, Britain, the Netherlands, Spain and Germany, a top official has said.Pavel Astakhov, ombudsman for ... Read more...
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Putin calls for compulsory training for adoptive parents
July 22nd, 2011 - 9:36 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Couples who want to adopt Russian children should undergo special training in the basics of teaching, psychology and first aid, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ... Read more...
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Russia to slash US adoption agencies
July 15th, 2011 - 1:40 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The number of US adoption agencies operating in Russia will be slashed under new guidelines agreed between the two countries, Russia's children rights ombudsman has ... Read more...
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US couple charged with abuse of adopted Russian girls
July 2nd, 2011 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
New York, July 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A US court in Colorado state has charged the foster parents of three teenaged Russian girls of child abuse, a newspaper said.Steven and Edelwina ... Read more...
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Moscow seeks US probe in adopted Russian girl’s rape case
June 17th, 2011 - 3:51 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 16 (IANS / RIA Novosti) Moscow has sought a thorough investigation by the United States authorities in a case related to rape by a US national of his foster ... Read more...
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Russian diplomat may adopt boy abandoned by US mom
June 1st, 2010 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An eight-year-old boy abandoned on a plane to Russia by his US adoptive mother is likely to find a new home with a Russian diplomat family.
According to ... Read more...
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US couple abandon adopted Russian boy
April 9th, 2010 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An American couple allegedly abandoned an eight-year-old Russian boy they had adopted and sent him back to Russia, a top official has said.
The boy arrived in Moscow ... Read more...
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