- 16:24 30/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 30 (RIA Novosti)
An adoption deal between Russia and the United States drafted in the wake of a series of tragic episodes involving Russian children and their adoptive American families was submitted to the State Duma for ratification on Friday, a lower house spokesman said.
- 16:03 08/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 8 (RIA Novosti)
A U.S. judge has ruled that an American woman who sent her adopted son back to Russia must pay child support, the Daily Mail reported.
- 18:30 11/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 11 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow will suspend the adoption of Russian children by U.S. citizens until the Russian-U.S. adoption deal comes into force, Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
- 16:30 19/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 19 (RIA Novosti)
A U.S. court has issued a summons to the woman who adopted a seven-year-old Russian boy and later put him on a plane back to Moscow with a note saying that she didn't want him anymore.
- 11:32 06/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 6 (RIA Novosti)
Russia’s investigation committee opened a separate inquiry on Tuesday into the death of a Russian toddler whose adoptive parent was acquitted in the United States, the committee’s website said.
- 17:11 03/12/2011 GORKY, December 3 (RIA Novosti)
President Dmitry Medvedev urged government agencies on Saturday to work out a way to punish foreigners for violent treatment of adopted Russian children in the wake of recent acquittal rulings in the United States.
- 17:59 02/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 2 (RIA Novosti)
Russia’s Investigation Committee has every reason to start a criminal case against a U.S. resident whom a U.S. court cleared of suspicion of killing his Russian adoptive son, Russian Children’s Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov said on Friday.
- 14:15 02/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 2 (RIA Novosti)
A U.S. court has cleared a parent accused of the death of his adoptive Russian son, the press service of Russian Ombudsman for Children Pavel Astakhov said on Friday.
- 18:40 28/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 28 (RIA Novosti)
Moscow’s Basmanny Court on Monday refused to issue an arrest warrant for Michael and Nanette Craver, the U.S. adoptive parents of a Russian child who died of injuries in 2009, thereby backing the position of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office.
- 17:59 21/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 21 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian Investigative Committee put on Monday the U.S. couple who was convicted by a U.S. court in the involuntarily manslaughter of their adopted Russian son on the international wanted list.
- 12:15 18/11/2011 NEW YORK, November 18 (RIA Novosti)
A U.S. court in Pennsylvania will announce a sentence on Friday for Michael and Nannette Craver who were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter of their adopted son from Russia on September 17.
- 20:39 17/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 17 (RIA Novosti)
The lower house of Russian Parliament, the State Duma, adopted on Thursday a law that prescribes couples who want to adopt Russian children to undergo special training in the basics of teaching, psychology and first aid.
- 20:23 08/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 8 (RIA Novosti)
The 20-year custodial sentences handed down to the U.S. couple who killed their adopted Russian son were too light, Russia's child rights ombudsman said on Thursday.
- 11:38 15/07/2011 RIA Novosti commentator Olga Barykova
After long deliberations, Russia and the United States have finally agreed on new terms for child adoption. According to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, only accredited agencies will be allowed to administer the adoption of Russian children by American families, and a single federal body will be established to monitor the process in the United States.
- 14:24 14/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 14 (RIA Novosti)
The number of U.S. adoption agencies operating in Russia will be slashed dramatically, under new guidelines agreed between the two countries, Russia's children rights ombudsman said on Thursday.
- 05:17 14/07/2011 WASHINGTON, July 14 (RIA Novosti)
Russia and the United States signed an agreement on child adoptions and agreed to ease bilateral visa regulations by Christmas during Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to Washington.
- 15:25 22/06/2011 MOSCOW, June 22 (RIA Novosti)
Russia and the United States will sign an adoption treaty on July 12-14 in Washington, Russia's ombudsman for child rights Pavel Astakhov said on Wednesday.
- 14:37 10/05/2011
A U.S. couple accused of abusing three sisters adopted from Russia will not serve jail time but will relinquish their parental rights under a plea deal, the Coloradoan newspaper reported on Tuesday.
- 17:23 08/04/2011
Russia may next month sign an agreement with the United States to ensure the safety of Russian children adopted by U.S. families, Russia's ombudsman for child rights said.
- 16:46 16/02/2011
A bilateral child adoptions agreement between Russia and the United States ought to be finalized by spring, child ombudsman Pavel Astakhov said on Wednesday.
- 10:00 26/01/2011
Russia's children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov has called for a halt to adoptions of the country's children by foreign families until bilateral agreements to regulate adoptions are signed.
- 13:16 24/01/2011
Authorities in the Russian Far Eastern city of Magadan say they have received no reports of abuse of a seven-year-old boy by his adoptive U.S. mother.
- 12:19 18/01/2011
An eight-year-old boy who was put on a plane alone back to Russia by his adoptive U.S. mother last year wanted to go home, she claims.
- 13:56 03/12/2010
Russia and the United States have to work out a common position on four remaining points concerning child adoption in order to complete long-standing talks and conclude an intergovernmental adoption agreement, Russian Children's Rights Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov said on Friday.
- 07:40 01/12/2010
The United States hopes to finalize an agreement on child adoptions with Russia this week and sign it in the nearest future.
- 13:30 24/11/2010
Russia and the United States will hold the next round of talks on drafting a child adoption agreement in Washington on December 1-3, a Russian Education Ministry official said on Wednesday.
- 16:05 13/11/2010
Russia and France are both concerned by the numerous and ongoing custody battles over mixed nationality children, the Russian children's ombudsman said.
- 15:36 12/11/2010
Russian Children's Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov may push for a freeze on adoptions of Russian children by U.S. citizens if Russia and the United States fail to seal an adoption agreement by early 2011.
- 02:57 02/11/2010
The United States has reiterated its readiness to conclude a new child adoption agreement by the end of this year.
- 17:04 30/09/2010
Russia and the United States are likely to sign a child adoption agreement by the end of 2010, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
- 12:13 22/09/2010
A Russian child who was adopted in the U.S. and then sent back to Russia does not want to be adopted again and remains at a children's center in Moscow, the Russian children's ombudsman said on Wednesday.
- 20:53 23/07/2010
Russia and the United States have agreed on the text of a deal on child adoptions that has been under discussion since April, the Russian Education and Science Ministry said Friday.
- 19:27 23/07/2010
Russia and the United States have agreed on the text of a deal on child adoptions that has been under discussion since April, the Russian Education and Science Ministry said Friday.
- 13:13 21/07/2010
A Russian-U.S. agreement on child adoption will come into effect by the end of this year, an Education Ministry department head said on Wednesday.
- 05:47 20/07/2010
A delegation of U.S. experts is to arrive in Moscow on Tuesday for the forth round of talks on child adoption.
- 07:28 22/06/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama may discuss an agreement to regulate child adoption during Medvedev's visit to Washington, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs said.
- 14:06 18/06/2010
Russia and the United States may sign an agreement regulating child adoption in the near future, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's department in charge of relations with Washington said on Friday
- 03:39 18/06/2010
Russian and U.S. negotiators on child adoption did not come to an agreement again after another round of talks in Washington and consultations are prolonged for one more day.
- 20:39 15/06/2010
A Russian-U.S. draft deal on child adoption may be submitted for agreement by both countries after a third round of talks, the head of the Russian delegation said on Tuesday.
- 07:18 14/06/2010
Russia and U.S. will start the third round of talks on a bilateral child adoption agreement on Monday in Washington.
- 17:36 03/06/2010
The third and possibly final round of talks between Russia and the U.S. on a bilateral agreement on children adoption will be held in Washington on June 14-16, Russia's child ombudsman said on Thursday.
- 23:39 02/06/2010
The next round of Russian-U.S. consultations on a bilateral child adoption agreement will be held on June 14-16 in Washington, a U.S. State Department spokesperson told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
- 22:53 02/06/2010
The next round of Russian-U.S. consultations on a bilateral child adoption agreement will be held in mid-June in Washington, a Russian education ministry official said on Wednesday.
- 13:59 01/06/2010
An eight-year-boy who was put on a plane back to Russia by his U.S. adoptive mother is likely to find a new home with a Russian diplomat family, the Russian children's ombudsman said on Tuesday
- 17:57 20/05/2010
The next round of Russian-U.S. talks on adoption issues will be held in Washington in the first half of June, Russian Foreign Ministry official representative Andrei Nesterenko said on Thursday.
- 16:30 14/05/2010
The future Russian-U.S. agreement on child adoption should identify the proper agencies and methods for monitoring the living conditions of adopted children
- 04:32 13/05/2010
Talks between the United States and Russia on a Moscow-proposed intergovernmental agreement on child adoption are productive.
- 20:37 12/05/2010
U.S. authorities have launched a criminal case against Torry Hansen, a woman who shipped her adopted son back to Russia on a one-way flight, the Russian ombudsman for children's rights said on Wednesday.
- 14:46 12/05/2010
Only recognized adoption agencies will organize the adoption of Russian children by U.S. families, the Russian ombudsman for children's rights said after talks on Wednesday
- 16:44 07/05/2010
Russia's lower house of Parliament, the State Duma, has rejected calls for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to speed up the signing of an agreement to suspend the adoption of Russian children by U.S. citizens.
- 07:00 07/05/2010
The lower chamber of the Russian parliament will discuss on Friday sending a proposal to the Russian prime minister to consider suspending adoptions of Russian children by U.S. citizens.
- 17:12 05/05/2010
Russia and France plan to sign a child adoption agreement this year, the press service of the Russian Science and Education Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
- 10:21 05/05/2010
Russia has not yet introduced a ban on the adoption of Russian children by U.S. families, Russian science and education minister Andrei Fursenko said on Wednesday.
- 18:21 30/04/2010
Russia and the United States have resumed the talks on the adoption of Russian orphans by American families, which were suspended after a US woman sent an eight-year-old adopted orphan Artyom on a one-way flight back to Moscow.
- 21:38 29/04/2010
Russia is drafting agreements on child adoption with France, Spain, Britain and Israel, Deputy Minister of Education and Science Sergei Vitelis said on Thursday.
- 17:42 29/04/2010
Russia will present a draft inter-governmental agreement on adoption issues to a senior U.S. delegation, which is in the country for discussions, in the next few days, Russian Children's Ombudsman said on Thursday.
- 16:56 27/04/2010
Key talks with the United States on a Russian-proposed inter-governmental agreement on child adoption will be held on May 12 in Moscow, the press service of the Russian children's ombudsman said on Tuesday.
- 14:58 25/04/2010
Russia and the United States need to sign a bilateral agreement on guaranteeing protection for adopted children, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
- 08:48 21/04/2010
Talks in Moscow on U.S. adoptions of Russian children have been postponed until April 29-30, a U.S. State Department spokesman said Tuesday
- 14:02 19/04/2010
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday the United States has not yet shown interest in signing a bilateral adoption agreement with Russia.
- 09:47 17/04/2010
A yearly get-together for the hundreds of U.S. families, which have adopted children from Russia, will take place in the Russian Embassy in Washington on Saturday, an embassy representative said.
- 18:51 16/04/2010
The 7-year-old Russian boy who arrived in Moscow alone on a plane from the United States after his U.S. adoptive family rejected him is to live with a Russian foster family, the Russian children's ombudsman told RIA Novosti on Friday.
- 15:56 16/04/2010
Artyom, sent by his foster mother to fly alone from the U.S., celebrated his eighth birthday in a Moscow hospital ward on April 16. Ombudsman for Children’s Rights Pavel Astakhov came to visit him and brought good news for the boy: he will leave the hospital in a few days and go to a foster family.
- 14:20 16/04/2010
The U.S. has not yet received any official notification of a moratorium on adoptions from Russia, following a recent row over a Russian boy shipped back home alone by his adoptive U.S. family.
- 15:49 15/04/2010
Moscow, enraged by a recent scandal over a Russian boy shipped back by his adoptive U.S. family, on Thursday urged Washington to sign without delay a bilateral agreement on adoption rules
- 14:52 14/04/2010
The speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament on Wednesday proposed introducing a moratorium on adoptions of Russian children from abroad.
- 04:43 14/04/2010
The U.S. adoptive mother of a Russian 7-year-old child, who sent him back to Russia in a highly controversial deed that has caused uproar worldwide, was trying to adopt another kid from the South Caucasus country of Georgia.
- 17:12 13/04/2010
Reports of the recent case of a 7-year-old Russian boy stuck on a plane on his own and shipped back to his homeland by his U.S. adoptive parents over his “psychopathic” behavior have caused outrage in Russia.
- 06:49 13/04/2010
A delegation of U.S. Department of State officials will pay a visit to Moscow next week for talks on child adoption rules, an assistant secretary for the department said.
- 18:34 12/04/2010
A delegation of U.S. State Department officials will pay a visit to Moscow for talks on child adoption rules with representatives of the Russian government
- 10:24 12/04/2010
Artyom Savelyev, the seven-year-old adopted son of Tory Ann Hansen, an American, flew unaccompanied from Washington to Moscow on Thursday. The boy carried with him a note from his adoptive mother that began “To Whom It May Concern”. She was sending the child back.
Artyom was taken to the airport by his ten-year-old brother. He had to change planes on his way to Moscow. He is currently being examined at a Moscow hospital.
He described how his adoptive mother treated him to RIA Novosti.
- 07:57 10/04/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has blasted a U.S. couple who sent a 7-year-old adopted boy back to Russia claiming he was "psychopathic."
- 06:42 10/04/2010
The head of Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption (FRUA), a U.S. public organization uniting over 2,000 families who adopted children born in former Soviet bloc countries, said her organization is shocked by the story of a Russian boy rejected by U.S. adoptive parents.
- 04:08 10/04/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has blasted a U.S. couple who sent an adoptive child back to Russia.
- 18:46 09/04/2010
U.S. child adoption agency has had its activities in Russia suspended after an 8-year-old boy was apparently sent back to Russia by his adoptive parents, an education ministry official said on Friday.
- 17:09 09/04/2010
A seven-year old Russian boy who was adopted by an American couple flew from Washington to Moscow by himself. Children’s ombudsman Pavel Astakhov said that the boy had a note. “His adoptive parents said in the note that they had abandoned him and asked that the boy be taken back,” the ombudsman said. A Russian citizen met the boy in Moscow’s Domodedovo airport and then took him to the Ministry of Education and Science. As it later turned out the boy’s parents had paid the guide $200 for this service.
- 22:03 08/04/2010
An 8-year boy adopted by an American couple is in the care of the Russian authorities after arriving in Moscow having apparently been abandoned by his parents, Russia's ombudsman for children's rights said on Thursday.
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