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Moscow. why she hasnt been questioned by authorities. >> bill: she has. she may be charged. >> she better be charged. that kid is an american citizen. his civil rights may have been violated. >> bill: she claims he has fetal alcohol syndrome. >> there is a problem with that there is a mechanism for dealing with that if she really couldnt deal with the child, she actually could have escorted him -- there are ways to -- this is putting thousands of childrens lives in jeopardy. and let me tell you,...

In 2001 when he was 10 months old. theyre not related. so -- and they both have had developmental delays and needed interventions and -- i think parents going into this need to be prepared for that. and get the child the help they need. >> the adoption process is pretty lengthy and time consuming. we started this the end of last summer and made it this far, so its -- were hoping things calm down. >> shepard: i hope so too. >> plus we have a relationship with these boys. weve had a relationship s...

From the state department is expected to arrive in russia to talk about the case. yesterday i spoke to the u embassy workers in moscow who handled the adoptions. >> none of us want to see anything like this happen again. were going to sit down with the russians next week and make sure it this doesnt happen. >> for now, the adoptions are off but the united states doesnt realized it. 250 american families have completed the adoption process and were getting ready to travel to russia to pick up the...

Suspended. joining i its good to see you today. >> hello. >> why dont you introduce me to your two boys? >> sure. this is charlie right here. this is jack right here. >> nice to see you guys. >> theyre 7 and 8 years old from st. petersburg, russia. >> given how well you know this process inside and out, how do you analyze the situation with this russian mom, i mean with the american mom and the russian child? >> right. well, i just feel real sad that she adopted him and had had him home for only...

>> theyre furious and this will make them look at every adoption of a russian child to the united states. last year, just to give you an idea, there were 1600 roughly russian kids adopted by american families and were told there could be as many as 3,000 american families currently in the adoption process for a russian kid. if they did put a freeze on that, it would affect a lot of american families. >> it certainly would. jonathan hunt, thank you very much. jonathan is conducting an online chat...

This child is mentally unstable, violent, has severe psychopathic issues and behave yoer. she believes the russian government lied to her about this child. >> reporter: thats exactly right, kyra. they had several visits with the child dating back to last year when they were beginning this adoption process. on all those visits to the orphanage, they never were allowed to be with the child by themselves. they would ask the authorities at the orphanage what was the mental condition of the child, we...

Russian children last year. that places russia third on the list of the most popular places to adopt from. but its certainly not an easy process. americans looking to adopt from russia must either be married or a single woman over 25. they must be citizens. they must have a clean bill of health and no criminal background. for russian children to be eligible, they need to have been registered for adoption for at least six months before potential american parents are considered. most agencies say ...

>> part of the difficulty of this case, were here and the child is in russia. so, you know, its hard for us to know whether the child has been abused or not. >> so this has actually stopped all adoptions now between russia and the u.s. is that correct? >> thats my understanding. at least its a suspension. part of that is because the russian ministry of education is looking into the case as well. and part of the reason for that, as you know, is because there have been some reports of some other i...

Law. >> i know that you personally are familiar with the adoption process. it is a complicated one and im wondering when you talk about this notion of relen quishing a child, because these are complicated and take a lot of time before you get the child, this is not something that happens overnight. is this part of some sort of counseling that new parents go through so that it is explained what you do if you are having problems? >> reporter: i have a little girl and 20 months old from ethiopia. i...

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