Putin signs ban on U.S. adoptions of Russian children
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | December 28, 2012 22:06
President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Friday that bans Americans from adopting Russian children and imposes other sanctions in retaliation for a new U.S. human rights law that he says is poisoning relations.
The law, which has ignited outrage among Russian liberals and child rights’ advocates, takes effect on January 1. Washington has called the law misguided and said it ties the fate of children to “unrelated political considerations.”
It is likely to deepen a chill in U.S.-Russian relations and deal a blow to Putin’s image abroad.
Fifty-two children whose adoptions by American parents were underway will remain in Russia, Interfax news agency cited Russia’s child rights commissioner, Pavel Astakhov, as saying.
The law, whose text was issued by the Kremlin, will also outlaw some non-governmental organizations that receive U.S. funding and impose a visa ban and asset freeze on Americans accused of violating the rights of Russians abroad.
Pro-Kremlin lawmakers initially drafted the bill to mirror the U.S. Magnitsky Act, which bars entry to Russians accused of involvement in the death in custody of anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky and other alleged rights abuses.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/28/us-russia-usa-adoptions-putin-idUSBRE8BQ06K20121228
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