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| Lvova-Belova says that soon foreigners will not be able to adopt children from Russia |
| 2024-06-04 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] In Russia, the process of adoption of children by foreigners may be completely stopped. This conclusion was reached by the Commissioner for Children's Rights under the President of Russia Maria Lvova-Belova. According to the Ombudsman's 2023 report, foreign adoptions have fallen by almost 90% over the past two years. Thus, in 2022, 57 cases of adoption were registered; last year, six Russian children found families in European countries. “It appears that the emerging international situation and the resulting significant changes in bilateral relations with Western countries will ultimately lead to a complete cessation of foreign adoption of Russian children in the near foreseeable future,” Lvova-Belova noted. The Ombudsman cited significant changes in bilateral relations with Western countries as the reasons. As Regnum reported, in February 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with the Children's Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova, noted a growing number of requests from people wishing to adopt children from new Russian regions. The Institute of Children's Ombudsman has been dealing with this issue for a long time, the head of state added. Putin emphasized that over the course of nine years of undisguised Ukrainian aggression in Donbass, children have suffered. |
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