Russia looks at adoption in abuse case

Russia looks at adoption in abuse case

The story of a 4-year-old adopted Russian boy allegedly brutalized by his Allegany County mother because he did not read his prayers correctly is getting attention from around the world.Prosecutors from the boy's native region of Rostov will check the legality of the adoption and might open a criminal case, Interfax quoted Deputy Prosecutor-General Sergei Fridinsky as saying."We've had precedents when an investigation into activities of mediators...

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