MOSCOW (AP) – Russia’s parliament on Tuesday ratified a long-awaited agreement with the United States regulating the adoption of Russian children by Americans. The ratification by a 244-96-2 vote in ...

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Russia’s policy of refusing to allow Americans to adopt Russian children was discriminatory, a decision Moscow said it would appeal. The court ...

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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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed into law a bill banning adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries where gender transitioning is legal. The Kremlin leader also approved ...

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