Russian lawmakers could move to ban Americans from adopting children from the country - which is one of the top sources of international adoptions to the United States. A bill to block adoption to the United States passed the State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, on its first reading last week and it had a crucial second reading yesterday, according to Russia's RIA Novosti news agency. This could affect hundreds of American families, who might have to circumvent the proposed ban by lying about their nationality if they want a little borscht-eater of their own.
The text of the offending clause is as follows: "It is prohibited to transfer children who are citizens of the Russian Federation, for adoption to the citizens of the United States, and to conduct in the Russian Federation activities of organizations for the purpose of selection and placement of children who are citizens of the Russian Federation, for adoption to the citizens of the United States of America wishing to adopt these children." Legislation like that could pave the way for a second Cold War, which may well be the huge cataclysm the Mayans had predicted for the coming weekend. Or it could just be Gangnam Style reaching a billion views (at the time of writing, said video was almost 99% of the way there).
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