Upper house of parliament OKs ban on adoptions of Russian children by U.S. families . `` We encourage the government to establish a robust national social protection plan to help strengthen Russian families . Lawmakers in U.S. 's lower house of parliament adopted the bill December 14 . The move is seen as retaliation for the Magnitsky Act , a Russia law that restricts rights abusers . But backers of the American bill say Russian adoptive parents have been abusive .
Upper house of parliament OKs ban on adoptions of Russian children by U.S. families . Lawmakers in U.S. 's lower house of parliament adopted the bill December 14 . The move is seen as retaliation for the Magnitsky Act , a Russia law that restricts rights abusers . But backers of the American bill say Russian adoptive parents have been abusive .