Russian Senate bans Americans from adopting Russian children

With the support of all 143 senators, the Russian Senate on December 26 unanimously passed a bill banning American families from adopting Russian children.

Thus, this bill is only waiting to be signed into law by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

There have been some voices in Russia speaking out against the bill. (Source: Getty)

This tough measure is said to be in retaliation for the new US human rights law called Magnitsky, which targets Russian officials involved in the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.

A survey by the Russian Public Opinion Research Foundation published on the afternoon of December 25 showed that the majority of Russians support the law banning American families from adopting Russian children. Accordingly, 56% of respondents support the ban on Americans adopting Russian children, 21% oppose it, while 23% have no definite opinion.

In addition, 53% of opinions support tightening regulations on foreigners adopting Russian children, 21% support banning foreigners (regardless of nationality), 11% oppose and 14% have no definite answer.

Among those who support allowing foreigners to adopt Russian children, up to 75% of the opinions clearly stated the need to carefully study the family circumstances, material conditions and spiritual life of foreigners who want to adopt Russian children. The above results also confirm that the majority of Russians support domestic adoption rather than allowing foreigners to adopt Russian children.

The Russian Public Opinion Research Foundation conducted the survey on December 22-23, with the participation of 1,500 Russians living in 100 residential areas in 46/83 federal subjects.

The investigation was conducted in the context of the Russian State Duma (Lower House) passing the above bill./.

According to (TTXVN) - DT