I guess the Mayor knows what's best for each child, huh ? How dumb is she to say that.

I am delighted with this decision because Russia needs her children and Russia is rich and powerful. That does not mean that some children may not face abuse inside Russia. Abuse against children is heinous crime but taking away these children from their motherland means denying them their history, language and culture.

http://rt.com/prime-time/2009-12-14/couple-sentenced-killing-adopted.html

We can do our best to keep their history, language and culture as well as any native Russian if we commit to do it. I do agree adopted children will not live in a total Russian atmosphere as foreign parents are not from this nationality, however, they'll also be fluent in other languages, histoy and cultures than just Russian ones. In my case, I learnt to speak Russian in a conversation level in order to be as much "Russian" as I could, knowing that it's almost impossible for me to reach the level of any Russian at these topics, but not at all in loving or taking care of my childrens.

How about the children who were adopted by russian parents and given back to orphanage when tax savings ran out? Every third child...