Hello !!! My name is chaleigh ... my russian name was marianna I was adopted by mother from America when I was four I would never survive in Siberia !! I am blessed! I have a family where I am loved Thank you for reading

That woman that return that boy back to Russia is what got American people band from adopting from Russia.

First you need to ask the BIG question - why are there so many orphans in Russia/Russian states? It's because women don't have the money to buy contraceptives and one wonders why the State (who has to take care of them) doesn't figure out that if they DID provide contraceptives they wouldn't have literally thousands of destsky doms i.e. childrens' homes (as they call them) that they have to pay for. If you drive through Russia you will see that most of it is impoverished. And in the orphanages the children are fed something called "kasha" which is a kind of porridge/oat thing. Which they love. But they don't get much meat, much sheer protein. If you see the children in a detsky dom you would be shocked at how skinny they are. They literally have the bodies of the children in the pictures from Belsen and Auschwitz. They are slowly starved and that makes them unable to focus, concentrate and thrive. Another thing is that while some of their caretakers genuinely are kind people and care for them, their own families also live on the breadline. I gave a real, old-fashioned hand-made doll to a girl in an orphanage and i asked her where it went (as I never saw it later). She didn't say a thing. I knew in my heart that one of the so-called "care-givers" had either sold it or given it to her own daughter at home. Or more likely the head of the orphanage sold it. Russian territories are totally corrupt. Until you spend time there you probably wouldn't believe it: but go there: you'll figure it out. There's something insidiously evil about how Russian territories operated. Corruption is the main word I would afford to them. It's intrinsic in their whole being. However: if you learn a bit of Russian, and show that youre not the usual "westerner" who is too proud of themselves or lazy to learn to speak or read basic Russian (like most adoptees) they will open up to you. Those who are too lazy to make the effort never learn anything from the locals. Detsky Doms (children's homes) let their children out onto the street at age 14 with very little education. I was told by a local person that the villagers do not like them because they are useless, unwilling to work and end up as thieves, menaces, drug addicts and suicides. But I was told that in the village I was in at the time that only one orphan made it big: he eventually opened a brewery and became fairly wealthy. But in general they have no life at all: no education etc.

I came here 1999. I’m so glad this closed to the USA. You don’t know how bad the stories are you guys. There are plenty of neighboring countries that can adopt and Israel too now. It truly is the best thing. If you need a spreadsheet of names of stories I have them. It’s sad but it’s really the best thing at the end for children to stay closer to there origin. Plenty of other countries have stopped adoption, recent news just said “Many Russian adoptions were fraught with problems, but some were a success” that’s means there are too many Russian adoption tragedies than there are success. Sad reality really

Why Americans need to adopt Russian children instead of American children who need a lot of love affection???. It's better for Russians adopt Russian children.

I would love to adopt a child, but have no idea where to start.

Yeah, i highly doubt that!

Update of today. Russia now relies on fostering and less on orphanages. Being a foster parent/guardian who is Russian (where no legal ties are served to the child’s name or bio family) is what Russia relies on now. Which has 350 thousand yearly. The child can choose to be adopted into the foster/guardian Russian family, which requires a name change etc which is around 86 thousand yearly. Orphanages still exists but only about 40,000 remain in them(I am guessing most likely disability children?). Foreign families have adopted legally, I am guessing from Israel, which has been 15 thousand yearly.

We, in the US have an old saying "It's like cutting off your nose, to spite your face". The Russian people (orphans) are the ones to suffer mostly, from this. They are hurting their own. So sad, and foolish at the same time. Those children will have lifelong emotional scars from the lack of family love. And the most important time for a growing child, is the early years, where they develop (or fail to develop) emotionally. An alienated, unloved child, often grows in to a burden or threat to society as an adult.

Okay but thats awesome. I love that more families in russia are adopting. For those who dont find a family in russia international adoption should be considered. While americans were banned i wonder if other countries are still adopting

OMG I want to have all those babies standing in crib they so cute

Pero por qué sigue habiendo tanto niño huérfano? Porque los olvidan o los dejan en el desamparo??

Why would Russia do that ?what is the reason..? I don't understand that I thought we were in good with the Russians now.

Russian human people wear out earlier than American people but before they wear out no place else in the world are the people most beautiful like skin and eye colors they make us look like crap I'm their prime ❤

"As many as 10,000 Russian orphans are returned to orphanages every year by frustrated adoptive parents, according to Lev Shlosberg, an opposition politician in the city of Pskov." In fact, since Russia's economic downturn in recent years (as much to do with the price of oil as with sanctions) the rate of children being adopted by Russians is falling by 20+% whereas the numbers of domestically adopted children being returned to orphanages (usually kids between 10-14 years old) is quickly rising. Russia has increased the number of children living in foster care, but the there is a very high rate of abuse and violence against these children. The Russian government thought that by giving stipends to adoptive and foster parents it would keep these kids out of orphanages but they're not infrequently being returned to the institutions.

If I had money... I would adopt them all, so cute! 😍✨

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I have a lot of strong reluctance to the way that a lot of adoptions take place but I am in no way anti-adoption in general. My cousins are adopted from Russia and I myself am a Korean adoptee. Yes, adoption needs more secure ways and improvements in protection against people clearly not fit for parenting, as well as a rethinking of the child's true needs, the acknowledgement of political/economic core issues that are not being addressed within the reality of why why why so many children exist in institutions in these countries which includes stuff like social stigmas and one child policies favoring boys. or a favoring of privileged white western heteronormative 2 parent households to be the ultimate caretakers of children. however, with all of that being acknowledged and addressed within actual policies that actually work, adoption can be a wonderful thing that allows kids to not grow up in places where they are forever branded familyless. its not fair to them to completely ban adoption altogether. and countries need to rethink this decision.

well I'm glad when their is less orphans. I always hope if at all that the child belongs to their family if at all possible but most people seeking adoption seek it on deeper issues because their informed to as a good idea. If at all possible the dads or moms could keep their kids. That was and is a good reason to have faith and God. Not of fan of religions that mistake words to encourage something that really is no prophet, but anyways. Hope they are happy.

Man… I kinda really hope they change this one day..

Well what else do you think was going to happen? Of course it would be falling. ❤

Ciao che due bambini carini anche la sua famiglia e bella carina come le due bambini carini ciao tutti

Good for Russia👍

I think when it comes to adoption of children that's a great thing and I give my full support to that,but I don't support and refuse to give any support to the idea of international adoptions.