Dasha Daunis is a lively 15-year-old who loves animals. She talks with her mother, Anastasia, about a recent trip to the circus, where they saw her favorite, bears. Dasha was born with Down syndrome, ...

MOSCOW - For the children of a Moscow orphanage, it was a glimpse of a life of plenty. For their visitors, 18-year-old twin sisters from California, it was an emotional return to a place where they ...

Passing a new bill in Russia has never presented much of a problem for President Vladimir Putin. With perpetual control of both houses of parliament and a couple of loyalist “opposition” parties to ...

The blowback against Russia’s ban on American adoptions has taken many forms over the past few weeks, ever since President Vladimir Putin made it illegal as of this month for U.S. families to give ...

A political controversy is causing heartbreak for families ready to adopt orphans from Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin says he plans to sign a bill that would bar Americans from adopting ...

The Russian boy sent back to his homeland by his adoptive U.S. mother two years ago might have finally gotten a break. Torry Ann Hansen put Artyom Savelyev on a plane with a note saying he had "severe ...

The plight of orphans in Russia was the topic of conversation last week when a top Russian educator met in Tulsa with Americans who work with orphans in the former Soviet Union. Mikhail Koreshkov, ...

Dr. Frank Michels and his wife, Mary Jo, like to offer financial support to missionaries who live in foreign countries and share the love of Christ with others. But they recently decided to take their ...

Artyom Savelyev's adoptive mother in Tennessee put him on a plane two years ago and sent him back to his homeland, unaccompanied. Now, he's living... In Contentious System, Hope For A Russian Orphan ...