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 ...

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

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 ...

MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children, part of a harsh response to a U.S. law targeting Russians deemed to be human rights ...