All the senators unanimously voted in support of the bill…
The bill, dubbed the “Dima Yakovlev Law” also imposes a visa ban and asset freeze on US officials who violate the rights of Russian citizens abroad, and bans the US sponsorship of NGOs that operate in Russia as well as the work of US citizens in Russian NGOs.As the bill was passing through the Lower House it was also amended with a provision that it can be applied to any nation that violates the rights of Russians, not just the USA…
Dima Yakovlev is the Two-year-old Russian adopted boy who died after being left in a locked car by his adopted American father on a hot day for nine hours. The father was not held responsible…
This bill leaves approximately 46 people from America that have bought children from Russia, left out in the cold, so to say. If Putin signs the bill then Americans will theoretically never again adopt a Russian child…
Russia is correct on this issue and Russian children should be kept in Russia…
Kyle Keeton
Windows to Russia…