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= Topic: Russian Foreign Adoptions = The law Putin has signed, will add up to a cost of $50,000 or more. This totals up all the cost of transportation from the orphanages back to Russia. The Russians government changed the date the law would be in effect. It was supposed to take action on January 1, 2013. But now it will be put into effect in another year. During all this commotion, there are 46 adoption underway between American and Russian children and it is unclear what will be the outcome of all this. Also, some people have just adopted a Russian child and don't know if the law will effect them. URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/28/world/europe/putin-to-sign-ban-on-us-adoptions-of-russian-children.html?pagewanted=all http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/10/world/europe/russia-us-adoptions The United States has more problems with adopting Russian children than from any other country. The Russian government promised to bring all Americans to trial that were accused of child abuse against Russian children. The Russian government said that they will bring all the alleged criminals to justice that have not been properly punished. They also said that they would put out international wanted lists for the people who are thought to be child abusers. From there if they were captured, they would be sent back to Russia for a trial against there crime. Some of the Russian officials criticized the U.S punishment towards the abusers saying it was a soft punishment and it should have been more severe. A lot more Russian officials have more evidence of alleged American child abusers by giving the name of the child adopted and how they were treated. Sources: http://en.rian.ru/russia/20130221/179603489.html http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/international/399773/
 * Week 4--March 4, 2013**
 * Week 3--Feb 25, 2013**

Christopher Cuascut - This is not looking good for the U.S. Russia is reasonably upset.

A week before this law was passed, President Obama signed a law to punish Russian citizens for violating human rights. This law was named Sergei L. Magnitsky because he was a Russian lawyer who was trying to expose a huge government tax fraud. He was sent to jail in 2005 and died in jail in 2009. Putin has not really told anyone why he put this law into effect. People have come to believe that Putin signed this law as a reaction to Obama's new law. This act by Putin might be the most forceful anti-American act he has done in his new term. The Russian government is also terminating their inter-country adoptions treaty signed with the United States. The Russian government also prohibits any Russian raised by Americans to work for their foreign industries unit like NGO. Sources: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/world/europe/russia-votes-to-ban-all-adoptions-by-americans.html?_r=0 http://rbth.ru/articles/2012/12/28/american_families_banned_to_adopt_russian_children_21566.html Kristine Martin: Are the Russian's actions reasonable and justified, or are they cruel and unnecessary? It's interesting that they are prohibiting Russians raised by Americans to work for their foreign industries. Blake Gomez: Do you personally think that Putin signed this law in retaliation to Obama's law? I could foresee this causing a lot of problems between the two countries. Vladimir Putin is the President of Russia and he signed a treaty prohibiting Americans from adopting Russian children. This had really shaken the U.S and Russia's relationship between each other. Putin had claimed that some of the Russians that were adopted by Americans were supposedly violated of their rights. The Russians have also claimed that 19 Russian children that have died because they were neglected or abused by their adoptive parents in the U.S. Russia is the third most popular country to adopt children from. This could effect many Americans trying to adopt Russian children. However, the Russian government said that "children who have already met and bonded with their future parent to finish the necessary legal procedures so that they can join their families "( http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/28/world/europe/russia-us-adoptions)(CNN Staff).
 * Week 2--Feb 11, 2013**
 * Week 1--Feb 4, 2013**

This adoption conflict occurred between these two nations which had been rivals in the Cold War. President Obama invited Putin to come to the U.S for his first foreign visit to discuss this topic but Putin refused to come. After this, Putin kicked out the USAID from Russia. Sources: http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/08/how-russia-fears-being-forgotten/?iref=allsearch http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/28/world/europe/russia-us-adoptions

Maddie- I am very glad that you chose to write about this topic. I have been very interested in this topic. I think you gave great details and explanations on the topic. Keep up the good work.

Ian Ebling- good job. This is very elaborate and precise. I like your detail and the explanations that you gave me. I think everyone learned from this, including myself. Good job and keep doing what you are doing.

Javelle- This is really nice! I really like the topic and there is a lot of great detail.

Katie Carle- This is really interesting because I didn't know that America and Russia were still having conflicts today. I also didn't know that they are not allowing Americans to adopt Russian children. Good job with all of the detail!

Paige Wales--- I agree with Maddie. I also think this topic on foreign adoption in any country can be a very serious situation that should be discussed more frequently, and I am glad someone decided to discuss the importance the topic.