The State Duma wants to ban the adoption of Russian children by citizens of “unfriendly” countries
The corresponding bill was submitted to the lower house of parliament by a group of deputies led by LDPR leader Leonid Slutsky
A number of deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, headed by LDPR leader Leonid Slutsky, developed and proposed to the lower house of parliament to consider a bill that would prohibit citizens of countries included in the list of “unfriendly” countries from becoming adoptive parents or guardians of Russian orphans and children left without parental care .
The document involves making adjustments to two articles of the Family Code of Russia, which regulate who can adopt children, as well as who can be appointed as a guardian or custodian of a child.
The explanatory note to the bill states that the transfer of orphans to be raised in families of citizens of “unfriendly” countries “obviously does not meet the national interests” of Russia and is a blow to the future of the nation. It also notes that Western countries have long been engaged in the destruction of traditional family foundations and moral values, and therefore it is unacceptable to transfer Russian children there.
At the same time, the authors of the legislative initiative emphasized that the amendments they have developed are not aimed at a complete ban on foreign adoption.
In December 2012, the State Duma adopted the so-called “Dima Yakovlev Law”, which, among other things, contained a ban on US citizens from adopting Russian children. The law is named after Dima Yakovlev, who was adopted by US citizens and died due to the negligence of his parents in 2008. The European Court of Human Rights recognized this law as discriminatory.
