Pain of our time

What should the Russian government do to prevent unfriendly attitude towards adopted children?

11,157 Russian children were adopted in 2010.

Country	Number of adopted children
Russia	7802
the USA	1060
Spain	835
Italy	712
France	316
Germany	158
Ireland, Israel, Great Britain, Canada, Finland and other countries	274

The information about unfriendly attitude towards some adopted children by their new parents in Russia and abroad, especially in the USA, appears in the Media from time to time. However, the problem is not in foreign adopters but in some adults.

Pavel Astakhov

Pavel Astakhov, Children’s Rights Commissioner to the President of the Russian Federation, said:
“…60 000 children from Russia were given to the US citizens’ families. Families in the USA are rather big, they have got three or four children. Rather often you can meet families with seven – nine children, three or four of them are adopted ones. Mainly, these families are normal and good. The problem is that there is no agreement between the RF and the USA connected with adopted children. It’s necessary to found such Service…” (from the interview on January 28, 2011, TV channel ‘Russia 1’, programme “Good morning, Russia”). The bilateral agreement about adoption between the RF and the USA was signed on July 13, 2011.

Journalist and TV presenter Svetlana Sorokina (S. Sorokina "Unchildish stories")

They held the baby in arms in turn and it was clear that they loved him. It was also clear that the baby felt and understood it. Eight-month Tartarian boy Ilyas was flying to his new motherland, the USA. Moscow, 1998

I visit this family. Ilyas is 9 years old. They call him Ilay. He studies well, climbs the trees and plays the piano. The USA, 2007

In connection with it, State Duma of the Russian Federation discusses the problem of foundation of Russian Escort Service which will help to learn about every adopted child’s living in Russia and abroad in more details.