Russia parliament says no to US adoptions
December 20, 2012  00:41
AFP reports: Russia's lower house of parliament gave key support today to a bill banning adoptions by Americans, in a retaliatory move against US rights legislation that has strained relations between the two sides.

The so-called Dima Yakovlev bill was drafted after US lawmakers last week adopted the Magnitsky Act -- legislation targeting Russians allegedly involved in the 2009 prison death of anti-corruption whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky.

The Russian legislation is expected to be approved in a final reading by the State Duma on Friday, followed by the upper house of parliament.

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