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It's fair to say that relations between Russia and the United States have not been going well.

Adopting a child from overseas wasn't simple before the Russian ban

Children look on in the Republican Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Ust-Izhora outside St. Petersburg, Russia, in this May 30, 2006 file photo. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)The current situation #Russia children's right comm P Astakhov: "foreign adoption is detrimental, a country as gr8 as Russia shouldnt b selling its children" @AFP — kriszta satori (@fulelo) December 26, 2012 It's fair to say that relations between Russia and the United States have not been going well.There have been disagreements over missile defenses, ...