Pavel Astakhov

Pavel Astakhov

• Russia contests autopsy results of Russian adoptee

  Russia's children rights ombudsman on Tuesday lashed out at the U.S. authorities for hastily performing an autopsy into a January death of a ... 

• Russia: 6 teens trapped in avalanche in Siberia

  Russian authorities say six teenagers are trapped in an avalanche in the region of Tuva in southern Siberia. The Emergency Situations Ministry says ... 

• Kremlin waits for US probe in Russian boy's death

  Moscow should "temper emotions" over the death of a Russian boy adopted by an American family, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said Friday after ... 

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  American adoptive mothers get their Russian kids

  After weeks of anxiety plodding through the opaque Russian legal system, two U.S. women have custody of their adopted Russian children and are ... 

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  Russian official reassures US adoptive parents

  Russia's ombudsman for children's rights sought on Thursday to reassure American would-be adoptive parents that they will be allowed to take their ... 

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  Putin signs anti-US adoptions bill

  President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a law banning Americans from adopting Russian children, abruptly terminating the prospects for more than 50 ...