MOSCOW, November 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
to adopt Russian children only through agencies accredited in Russia, but added adoption mediators should be able to get accreditation. He said the Education and Science Ministry had drafted a bill on the matter.He also urged the reform of the adoption system whose inefficiency prevented the adoption of children by Russians. According to statistics presented by Kolesnikov, the number of adoptions by Russians had declined by 50% over the last 12 years, partly due to low living standards, whereas foreign adoptions have grown by 350%.
The minister said there were enough American adoption agencies working in Russia and their number should not be increased, "given humanitarian objectives facing us." However, he said imposing a moratorium on foreign adoptions, something the Communist faction had proposed earlier, would be illegal and unwise.
"We should remember how many children have found families and are living happily, including in the United States,"
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