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Mother who sent that boy back to russia alone. cnn's ivan watson is there. >> reporter: he is turning 8 years old this week. his birthday will be anything but normal. >> he's very confused about all this. >> reporter: he is russia's top children's welfare official. he said artyem's adoptive american family lied to the boy last week, before shipping him off on a solo, transatlantic flight to moscow. he shows us a copy of the signed letter from artyem's adoptive mother, torry hansen, which the boy was carrying when he arrived in russia. "i'm sorry to say that for the safety of my family, friends...

Officials, who said he was healthy. >> how can you imagine that 7 years old boy can be a menace, a danger for the family, for the adult people? >> reporter: russian television broadcast foota agage of him meg with artyem at a children's hospital. at one point artyem calls his adoptive mother bad and said she used to pull his hair. >> bad. >> reporter: the abandonment of artyem has left many russians furious. >> translator: i would forbid sending our children to america. i believe that there are enough people who can adopt children in this country. >> reporter: russia has no shortage of orphans...