Russian officials allowed CNN to see a copy of a letter sent to Russia with 7-year - old boy . ' ` ` How can you imagine that a 7 - old boy can be [ a ] menace or a threat ... ? '' As shared now by many Russians : ` ` I am against the idea of sending our children abroad '' Unlike many Western societies , the vast majority -- 83 percent of these children -- are `` social orphans '' taken from biological parents who were deemed unfit by Russian state agencies , said Bertram Beinvel , UNICEF 's representative in Moscow . Russian media have reported on several previous cases of abused adoptees in U.S .
Russian officials allowed CNN to see a copy of a letter sent to Russia with 7-year - old boy . ' ` ` How can you imagine that a 7 - old boy can be [ a ] menace or a threat ... ? '' As shared now by many Russians : ` ` I am against the idea of sending our children abroad '' Russian media have reported on several previous cases of abused adoptees in U.S .