Russia’s parliament on Friday defeated a motion that would have prevented Americans from adopting Russian children. The motion was put forward in reaction to the case of Artyom Savelyev, an 8-year-old ...

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The Russian government doesn’t seem to care about bad press – or maybe they think the Opening Ceremony went so well it doesn’t matter what they do. The Kremlin has tightened restrictions on a law ...

A new law in Russia bans Americans from adopting Russian children, leaving many potential parents outraged, according to NBC News. The ban, signed into law on Dec. 28 by Russia's President Vladimir ...

The "Dima Yakovlev" is a bill that was approved by 143 senators, and is named after a Russian boy who died in 2008 after being left in the car for nine hours by his adoptive father, the young boy was ...

Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald has travelled to Moscow to fast-track talks on an adoption deal between Ireland and Russia – after US citizens were banned from adopting Russian children. The ...

Russia’s finance ministry is suggesting easing the requirements for entering the country’s restricted and strictly controlled cryptocurrency market. The proposal to lower the thresholds for granting ...

Most orphans in Eastern Europe and Central Asia will age out of the system without a family — and without a support system.