A Tennessee woman, who says she was misled about the mental stability of her adopted son, decided she couldn’t handle him and sent him back to Russia. Not long after the news broke, hundreds of potential adoptive parents were sent into stressful confusion when the Russian Foreign Minister announced that U.S. adoptions of Russian children were being suspended.

“Within hours after Nesterenko’s briefing, the reported suspension was cast into doubt. Russia’s Education Ministry, which oversees international adoptions, said it had no knowledge of a freeze. So did a spokeswoman for the Kremlin’s children’s rights ombudsman.” (Source: The Associated Press)

The U.S. State Department has announced that it will send a high-level delegation to Russia next week to address the controversy and gain clarity about the current state of international adoptions.


 

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Posted By: Stefanie Hamilton