When Crystal and Jesse first saw Caralee in 1997 they thought they had fallen in love with their new child - however they ...

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Crystal and Jesse adopted nine-year-old Caralee from a Russian orphanage in 1997, but their dream turned to nightmare when ...

MOSCOW (AP) President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children. The bill is part of the country's increasingly confrontational stance with the West and has ...

In 1997, Crystal and Jesse adopted a nine-year-old girl from a Russian orphanage, but a Boxing Day incident would tear the family apart - now the woman tells her side of the story ...

A new law in Russia bans Americans from adopting Russian children, leaving many potential parents outraged, according to NBC News. The ban, signed into law on Dec. 28 by Russia's President Vladimir ...

The Russian government doesn’t seem to care about bad press – or maybe they think the Opening Ceremony went so well it doesn’t matter what they do. The Kremlin has tightened restrictions on a law ...

Russia’s parliament on Friday defeated a motion that would have prevented Americans from adopting Russian children. The motion was put forward in reaction to the case of Artyom Savelyev, an 8-year-old ...

Several protesters were detained outside the upper chamber of Russia's parliament Wednesday as lawmakers unanimously voted in favor of a controversial bill banning Americans from adopting Russian ...