In comments made today, Russian President Vladimir PutinPresident Vladimir Putin said that he backed a ban that had been proposed by the Russian parliament banning the adoption of Russian children by US families, following a row over a piece of US legislation.
In a lengthy news conference, in which the president addressed the Russian lower house, Putin said the response by the Duma was “appropriate” following the recent introduction of the Magnitsky Act, which bars Russians accused of human rights violations from entering into the United States. In addition to commenting on this “unfriendly” piece of US legislation, Putin also spoke about the civil war in Syria, relations with former Soviet Union states, Ukraine and Georgia and also his health, which the media had been speculating was not at its best.
The adoption ban proposed by the Russian parliament comes after the Magnitsky Act was introduced, replacing the longstanding, Jackson-Vanik amendment which barred Russian citizens from entering the US if they were suspected of having committed human-rights abuses. While admitting that he did not know the full details of the proposed ban, Putin said he nonetheless backed it, saying, "They have replaced one anti-Soviet, anti-Russian law with another... That is very bad. This, of course, in itself poisons our relations," and adding, "The State Duma's response may be emotional, but I consider it to be appropriate."
Putin also mentioned the fact that Russian authorities were not allowed to sit in on abuse cases involving Russian children adopted by US families and also said that the US itself did not have a clean human rights record citing the examples of Guntanamo Bay and the Abu Ghuraib prison in Iraq.
According to figures, some 60,000 Russian children have been adopted by American families over the past 20 years, although adoption rates in themselves are low, with 3,400 Russian children adopted in 2011 of which a third were adopted by US families. Cases involving the mistreatment of Russian children by their adoptive US parents have made headlines in Russia and the ban, it seems may be a popular one.
Speaking about Syria, Putin said that Russia had "practically no interests" in it but warned of repeats of any mistakes such as those in Libya and called for the Syrian people to settle the matter themselves. But he added, "Agreements based on a military victory can't be efficient."
Commenting about news reports that said he may be unhealthy, Putin dispelled the speculation, quipping, "I can give a traditional answer to the question about my health: dream on."
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