Moscow Police Detain 20 People at Rally Against US Adoption Ban

Police detained about 20 people staging a picket Wednesday morning outside the State Duma, ahead of the second hearing of a bill that would ban US citizens from adopting Russian children. The law is meant to be a Russian “response” to the US of the Magnitsky Act – a US law introducing visa bans and asset freezes for Russian officials. Dozens of people gathered outside the Duma building near the Kremlin in downtown Moscow to protest against the adoption ban that critics say would leave Russian children stranded in outdated state care institutions. The police detained two dozen activists holding placards. Dozens more, not holding banners or placards, remain outside the building, despite requests from the police that they disperse.

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