- Sputnik International
World
Get the latest news from around the world, live coverage, off-beat stories, features and analysis.

Russia-U.S. adoption treaty to be signed in May

© RIA Novosti . Grigoriy Sisoev  / Go to the mediabankRussia's ombudsman for child rights Pavel Astakhov
Russia's ombudsman for child rights Pavel Astakhov - Sputnik International
Subscribe
Russia may next month sign an agreement with the United States to ensure the safety of Russian children adopted by U.S. families, Russia's ombudsman for child rights said.

Russia may next month sign an agreement with the United States to ensure the safety of Russian children adopted by U.S. families, Russia's ombudsman for child rights said on Friday.

"This issue is under the personal control of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton," Pavel Astakhov said a news conference on Friday.

Russia suspended the adoptions last year after a Tennessee woman sent her 7-year-old adoptive son back to Russia. He was put on a plane on his own with a note from the woman saying she did not want him as he was "psychotic."

Astakhov said in January that 17 Russian children have died in the United States as a result of child abuse since the adoptions started more than 15 years ago.

The latest official figures show that about 60,000 children born in Russia have been adopted by families in the United States.

MOSCOW, April 8 (RIA Novosti)

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала