Russian Orphans as Political Pawns

[lsanderson]

Published: December 21, 2012

Russian legislators looking to retaliate against a new American human rights law have settled on an exceptionally vulnerable target: Russian orphans. The proposal would bar American citizens from adopting them. This is a cynical and cruel response. The American law, called the Magnitsky Act, was signed by President Obama last week and seeks to punish Russian citizens accused of violating human rights by denying them visas to visit the United States and the right to own real estate in this country. Moar