Russian lower house passes thorny bill
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December 22, 2012, Saturday
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THE lower house of the Russian parliament yesterday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would ban adoption of Russian children by Americans, sending the controversial legislation a step closer to President Vladimir Putin's desk.
Putin hasn't said whether he will sign the measure into law if it passes its next stage of being approved by the upper house.
Some top government officials, including the foreign minister and the education minister, have spoken flatly against the bill, one part of a larger measure by angry lawmakers retaliating against a recently signed US law that calls for sanctions against Russians deemed to be human rights violators.
The bill nonetheless received strong approval in yesterday's third reading in the State Duma, as legislators voted 420-7-1 in favor.
The upper house, the Federation Council, is likely to consider the measure on Wednesday, vice-speaker Alexander Torshin was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency.
Torshin said there is "serious basis for supposing the draft bill will be supported by the Federation Council."
Originally the bill was more or less a tit-for-tat response, providing for travel sanctions and the seizure of financial assets in Russia of Americans determined to have violated the rights of Russians.
But it was expanded to include the adoption measure and call for the banning of any organizations that are engaged in political activities if they receive funding from US citizens or are determined to be a threat to Russia's interests. In addition, it calls for anyone with dual Russian-US citizenship to be banned as members of political organizations.
Putin hasn't said whether he will sign the measure into law if it passes its next stage of being approved by the upper house.
Some top government officials, including the foreign minister and the education minister, have spoken flatly against the bill, one part of a larger measure by angry lawmakers retaliating against a recently signed US law that calls for sanctions against Russians deemed to be human rights violators.
The bill nonetheless received strong approval in yesterday's third reading in the State Duma, as legislators voted 420-7-1 in favor.
The upper house, the Federation Council, is likely to consider the measure on Wednesday, vice-speaker Alexander Torshin was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency.
Torshin said there is "serious basis for supposing the draft bill will be supported by the Federation Council."
Originally the bill was more or less a tit-for-tat response, providing for travel sanctions and the seizure of financial assets in Russia of Americans determined to have violated the rights of Russians.
But it was expanded to include the adoption measure and call for the banning of any organizations that are engaged in political activities if they receive funding from US citizens or are determined to be a threat to Russia's interests. In addition, it calls for anyone with dual Russian-US citizenship to be banned as members of political organizations.
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