Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed a bilateral agreement on child adoptions. Lavrov said the agreement is a true bilateral agreement and states several important points, including psychological testing of the adoptive parents. It also obliges adoptive parents to utilize only accredited adoption agencies. The agreement also stipulates that all adopted Russian children will maintain dual citizenship until they become legal adults, after which they may choose their citizenship. The move followed a stream of incidents involving the mistreatment of adopted Russian children in the United States that have incensed the Russian public. The agreement must be ratified by Russian lawmakers but does not need to be ratified by the U.S. Congress. Russia is one of the largest sources of foreign adoptions for U.S. families, accounting for about 10 percent of foreign adoptions.
http://en.rian.ru/world/20110713/165180115.html
http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=348552 (video)
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